Wolf at the door

Does China have a grand plan to take over the world? Yes, says a landmark book on the country’s rise that has sparked debate among China-watchers partly because of its quality, partly because of its methodology and partly because the author is now in a position to influence United States policy as an adviser to President Joe Biden on the National Security Council.

Rush Doshi, in , argues that since the end of the Cold War, China has been working to a clear plan, which has evolved through a series of shocks. Doshi, a former director at the Brookings think-tank’s China Strategy Initiative, says the first phase came when Beijing faced a “trifecta” of events