Sulmaan Wasif Khan: 2 books
Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy
China's Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Lhasa, leaving the People's Republic of China with a crisis on its Tibetan frontier. Sulmaan Wasif Khan tells the story of the PRC's response to that crisis and, in doing so, brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters: Chinese diplomats appalled by sky burials,...
Haunted by Chaos
China’s Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018
Before the Chinese Communist Party came to power, China lay broken and fragmented. Today it is a force on the global stage, and yet its leaders have continued to be haunted by the past. Drawing on an array of sources, Sulmaan Wasif Khan chronicles the grand strategies that have sought not only to...