The Digital Silk Road (Hardback)
China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future
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An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.
As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its interests. It will develop an unrivalled understanding of market movements, the deliberations of foreign competitors, and the lives of countless individuals enmeshed in its systems. Networks create large winners, and this is one contest that democracies can't afford to lose.
Taking readers on a global tour of these emerging battlefields, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China's digital footprint looks like on the ground, and explores the dangers of a world in which all routers lead to Beijing.
The Digital Silk Road (Ebook)
China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future
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An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
'One of the most interesting and original thinkers about the rise of China' - Peter Frankopan
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022
A Guardian Best Paperback of July 2022
Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.
As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its own interests - and the lives of countless individuals enmeshed in its systems.
Taking readers on a global tour of these emerging battlefields, Jonathan E. Hillman reveals what China's digital footprint looks like on the ground, and explores the dangers of a world in which all routers lead to Beijing.
The Digital Silk Road (Audiobook)
China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future
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An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.
As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its interests. It will develop an unrivalled understanding of market movements, the deliberations of foreign competitors, and the lives of countless individuals enmeshed in its systems. Networks create large winners, and this is one contest that democracies can't afford to lose.
Taking readers on a global tour of these emerging battlefields, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China's digital footprint looks like on the ground, and explores the dangers of a world in which all routers lead to Beijing.
The Digital Silk Road (Paperback)
China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future
Buy from
An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
'One of the most interesting and original thinkers about the rise of China' - Peter Frankopan
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022
A Guardian Best Paperback of July 2022
Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.
As things stand, the rest of the world still has a choice. But the battle for tomorrow will require America and its allies to take daring risks in uncertain political terrain. Unchecked, China will reshape global flows of data to reflect its own interests - and the lives of countless individuals enmeshed in its systems.
Taking readers on a global tour of these emerging battlefields, Jonathan E. Hillman reveals what China's digital footprint looks like on the ground, and explores the dangers of a world in which all routers lead to Beijing.
Reviews for The Digital Silk Road
Emma Duncan Times
Kirkus
Jonathan A Knee Business Insider South Africa
Minxin Pei, author China's Crony Capitalism
Admiral James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and author 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
Jon Huntsman Jr, former US ambassador to China
Nevil Gibson NBR
Tin Hinane El Kadi Chatham House
Praise for The Emperor's New Silk Road:
An outstanding book by one of the most interesting and original thinkers about the rise of China, the Belt and Road Initiative and what both mean for the rest of the world. Filled with insights into the changing world of the 21st century - essential reading
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Peter Frankopan, author The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Charlene Barshefsky, 12th United States Trade Representative
Keith Johnson Foreign Policy
Michael J. Mazarr War on the Rocks