On a snowy day in January 1998 Xu Zengping, a Chinese businessman based out of Hong Kong, stood on the deck of the Varyag, a partially constructed aircraft carrier that was being built by the Soviet Union at a shipyard on the Black Sea. Six years later, Xu had apparently bought it for US$ 20 million. It was reported that his firm had no licence, no real address and assets of only US$ 125,000, so it is unclear how it could afford to buy the ship. The report concluded that the Varyag had been bought by the PLA Navy for copying its technology.
After the end of the Cold War, China was faced with fundamental challenges - and had to make some critical choices. After Tiananmen: The Rise of China is the story of how it handled its complex domestic and external environment while silently ascending the hierarchy of world power.
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Publisher : HarperCollins India (27 September 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 935629304X
ISBN-13 : 978-9356293045
Item Weight : 216 g
Dimensions : 14 x 2 x 22 cm
Country of Origin : India
Net Quantity : 1.00 count
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