Paperback: From Hong Kong to Russia to Australia, an award-winning foreign correspondent chronicles the human consequences of China's dramatic moves to become the dominant power.
As the world’s second-largest economy, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations.
Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China’s propulsive rise, from the political aspects of its multi-billion-dollar “New Silk Road” global investment project to its growing sway over foreign countries and multilateral institutions through “United Front” efforts.
For too long, Western societies have mishandled or simply ignored Beijing’s actions, out of narrow self-interest.
Over time, Chiu argues, decades of wilful misinterpretation have become harmful complicity in the toxic diplomacy, human rights abuses and foreign interference seen from China today.
Engaging chapters transport readers to a frozen lake in Russia, protests in Hong Kong, underground churches in Beijing, and exile Uyghur communities in Turkey, exposing Beijing’s high-tech surveillance and aggressive measures, which result in human rights violations against those who challenge its power.
The new world disorder documented in China Unbound: A New World Disorder (2021) lays out its disturbing implications for global stability, prosperity, and civil rights everywhere.
About the author: Joanna Chiu is senior journalist for the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper, and the author of China Unbound: A New World Disorder. Chiu has previously served as bureau chief of the Star Vancouver.
As a globally-recognized authority on China, the author of China Unbound is a commentator for international broadcast media and was previously based for seven years in Beijing and in Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent, including for Agence France Presse (AFP) specializing in coverage of Chinese politics, economy and legal affairs for one of the world’s biggest news operations.
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