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008			941201s1995 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aHF3838.P16 _bS43 1995
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100	1		_aSeagrave, Sterling
245	1	0	_aLords of the Rim : the invisible empire of the overseas Chinese _b
260			_aLondon _bCorgi _cc1995.
300			_axii, 430 p _c18/10,5/2,5 cm _fPaperback
500			_aMap of China and other Eastern and Western countries bordering the Pacific ocean on endpapers.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 369-413) and index.
520			_aBe so subtle that you are invisible. Be so mysterious that you are intangible. Then you will control your rivals's fate' Sun Tzu, from The Art of War A community of fifty five million expatriates. Up to two trillion dollars in assets. A highly integrated interconnected network of influence and favour. A firm base on the Pacific Rim. Ambitions to influence the West. Imagine the potential power of such an organisation. You don't have to. This is the Overseas Chinese. Sterling Seagrave's brilliant new book, Lords of the Rim, uncovers a complex web of operations which already dominates the Far East and which is already making inroads into the West. It is a superbly researched and spectacularly told account of an extraordinary phenomenon, telling just who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. Spanning thousands of years it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption; of triads, syndicates, kingmakers, merchants, emperors, generals, spies and pirates. In telling this masterful and entertaining history, Seagrave provides the reader with a cautionary tale: that Chinese strategies so effective for centuries are just as succesful today.
650		0	_aInvestments, Chinese _zPacific Area _xHistory.
651		0	_aChina _xCommerce _zPacific Area _xHistory.
651		0	_aPacific Area _xCommerce _zChina _xHistory.
651		0	_aChina _zCommercial policy _xHistory.
653			_aGeography
653			_aHistory
653			_aSouth East Asia
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