Over the past decade, Xi Jinping has broken the engagement; China's side has broken the engagement, and this argument echoes Susan Shirk's own recent book 'Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise,' with both authors analyzing the same phenomenon and arriving at similar conclusions.

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David Shambaugh

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um, Xiinping has, make no mistake, it's Xiinping who has broken the engagement. The Chinese side has broken the engagement, this book argues. Um, and that argument echoes Susan Shur's own recent book, Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise.

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Breaking The Engagement: How China Won And Lost America | Hoover InstitutionHoover Institution
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:09:14 AM

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