First published 2000
As the financial crisis of 1997 rips through Asia, it shatters old orders and unleashes long-suppressed energies. Kristof and WuDunn guide us through a continent in flux, where China's ascent challenges American dominance, Japan pioneers future tech, and India awakens from its slumber. This sweeping account lays bare the seismic shifts remaking the global balance of power. At its core, "Thunder from the East" is the story of a world realigning, and the West's need to adapt or be left behind.
Genres: history, international-relations, economics, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: west-adapting, world-realigning
Setting: Asia
377 pages · Paperback