GDA Book Club: November 2021 "The Emperor's New Road: China and the Project of the Century" By Jonathan E. Hillman

[Johnny Paratrooper]

The Next Book for GDA students, and anyone else interested, is "The Emperor's New Road: China and the Project of the Century" By Jonathan E. Hillman

I have started this reading early because I am doing some very tedious work lately: Masonry, Stucco, and Stone work.
Audiobooks have a nice pace when listened to during this type of labor.

For the Students of GDA, This will not be discussed until next month. But this is a truly incredible read. The size and scale of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and One Belt One Road (OBOR of 2013) is literally mind blowing. As a construction worker and fan of all things heavy equipment, materials, and tools I am amazed at the work we can accomplish.

The Chinese and Russians are really playing a different game.
To quote the book...

As the scholar Eric McGlinchey puts it, “China is playing Monopoly. Russia is playing Risk. The United States is playing Solitaire.