The Asian 21st Century e-book downloads top 3 million! Chinese version already published by CITIC
July 06 , 2023As of July 3rd, downloads of The Asian 21st Century e-book exceeded 3 million! The book, authored by Singapore veteran diplomat Kishore Mahbubani, is part of the “China and Globalization” series, which is jointly published by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and Springer Nature Group.
The Asian 21st Century
Author: Kishore Mahbubani
ISBN: 978-981-16-6813-5
Published in January, 2022
Publisher: Springer Publishing Group
Download the English version at Springer-Nature：
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-6811-1
The Asian 21st Century has received broad attention internationally. Offered as an open access book, it reached over 11,000 downloads in only 10 days after its release on January 1, 2022. According to Yingying Zhang, Senior Editor for Asia Pacific at Springer Nature, the volume of downloads of this book undoubtedly place it in the top 10% of Springer Nature’s open access books, at least in the humanities & social sciences genre.
The author, Kishore Mahbubani, is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. He is a former President of the UN Security Council (Jan 2001, May 2002) and the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2004-2017). Mahbubani writes and speaks prolifically on the rise of Asia, geopolitics and global governance. His has published nine books and written articles for the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times and Foreign Affairs, which have earned him global recognition as “the muse of the Asian century.” He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.
The Asian 12st Century consists of essays written by Mahbubani to explore the challenges and dilemmas faced by the West and Asia in an increasingly interdependent world village and in the context of intensifying geopolitical competition. The book is divided into four parts – the End of the Era of Western Domination, the Return of Asia, the Peaceful Rise of China, and the Challenges Facing Globalization, Multilateralism and Global Cooperation.
In his book, Mahbubani explains in detail how Asia will become the new engine of globalization in the 21st century. He argues that the 21st century will see the end of an era of Western domination in world history, the return of Asia to the center of the world stage, China’s peaceful rise and a reshaping of the world order.
CCG was very honored to take on the work of translating the book into Chinese. The Chinese version has been published by CITIC Press Group.
We hope the Chinese version will enable a broader audience to learn from its lessons and gain new perspectives on what are surely some of the most important issues of our age.
Chinese Version of The Asian 21st Century
Link to JD：
https://item.jd.com/13764143.html
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Alistair MichieISBN: 978-981-16-5393-3Published in January, 2022Publisher: Springer Publishing Group
The second volume of the series is The Asian 21st Century, authored by Singapore veteran diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. In his book, Mahbubani explains in detail how Asia will become the new engine of globalization in the 21st century. He argues that the 21st century will see the return of Asia to the center of the world stage, China’s peaceful rise and a reshaping of the world order. The book has received attention internationally and has been downloaded more than 3 million times since its launch on December 30, 2021.
The third book of this series is Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China’s Future. CCG invited 22 contributors including CEOs of well-known multinational corporations and presidents of foreign chambers of commerce in China to share invaluable insights, offering balanced and diverse perspectives on a range of issues related to China’s domestic development, international economic cooperation, and China-US competition. These insights are useful not only for the wider business community, but also for academics, policymakers, students, and anyone trying to deepen their understanding of this exciting period of “transition and opportunity” and make the most of China’s bright future. The book has been downloaded more than 161,000 times since its launch in February 2022.
The fourth volume of this series China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China is made up of works from 24 Ambassadors to China, discussing a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, including trade and investment, regional economic cooperation, the “Belt and Road Initiative”, economic recovery from COVID-19 and China’s Fourteenth Five Year Plan. So far, this edition has been downloaded almost 137,000 times since its launch in March 2022.
China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to ChinaThe fifth volume of the series is Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang’s work The Ebb and Flow of Globalization: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Development and Role in the World. This book focuses on globalization and China’s evolving role in the world, offering unique perspectives on a tumultuous period that began with Donald Trump’s election and ended with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This period saw the global landscape reshaped by China’s continued rise, intensifying great power competition, and a public health crisis that has changed how we live. The essays center on three interconnected themes – China’s remarkable development under its policy of Reform and Opening-up, China’s deepening integration into the global economy and rise in an increasingly multipolar world, as well as the quest to reinvigorate global governance and multilateralism to address the pressing global challenges of the 21st century. The book was released in August, 2022.
The sixth volume is Prof. Joseph Nye Jr.’ work Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power Between the United States and China. This open access book consists of essays selected from Joseph S. Nye, Jr.’s last three decades of writing and illustrate a variety of perspectives on the nature of power, the role of the United States in the world and US-China relations. So far, this edition has been downloaded over 94,000 times since its launch in April 2023.
Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power between the United States and China
Author: Joseph S. Nye Jr.
ISBN: 978-981-99-0716-8
Published in June, 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature
Link to Springer-Nature Book Download：
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0714-4
The first volume of the series CCG Global Dialogues: Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century was a volume divided into three parts, with 10 dialogues between Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG and Graham Allison, David Blair, Kerry Brown, Anne Case, Wendy Cutler, Angus Deaton, Thomas L. Friedman, Valerie Hansen, Pascal Lamy, Chen Li, Kishore Mahbubani, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Adam Posen, J. Stapleton Roy, John L. Thornton, Martin Wolf and Zhu Guangyao.
CCG Global Dialogues: Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-19-3846-7
Published: November 2022
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Download at Springer Nature:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-3846-7
