A bold and thought-provoking look at the future of U.S.-China relations, and how their coming power struggle will reshape the competitive playing field for nations around the world
The Cold War seemingly ended in a decisive victory for the West. But now, Noah Feldman argues, we are entering an era of renewed global struggle: the era of Cool War. Just as the Cold War matched the planet’s reigning superpowers in a contest for geopolitical supremacy, so this new age will pit the United States against a rising China in a contest for dominance, alliances, and resources. Already visible in Asia, the conflict will extend to the Middle East (U.S.-backed Israel versus Chinese-backed Iran), Africa, and beyond.
Yet this Cool War differs fundamentally from the zero-sum showdowns of the past: The world’s major power and its leading challenger are economically interdependent to an unprecedented degree. Exports to the U.S. account for nearly a quarter of Chinese trade, while the Chinese government holds 8 percent of America’s outstanding debt. This positive-sum interdependence has profound implications for nations, corporations, and international institutions. It makes what looked to be a classic contest between two great powers into something much more complex, contradictory, and badly in need of the shrewd and carefully reasoned analysis that Feldman provides.
To understand the looming competition with China, we must understand the incentives that drive Chinese policy. Feldman offers an arresting take on that country’s secretive hierarchy, proposing that the hereditary “princelings” who reap the benefits of the complicated Chinese political system are actually in partnership with the meritocrats who keep the system full of fresh talent and the reformers who are trying to root out corruption and foster government accountability. He provides a clear-eyed analysis of the years ahead, showing how China’s rise presents opportunities as well as risks. Robust competition could make the U.S. leaner, smarter, and more pragmatic, and could drive China to greater respect for human rights. Alternatively, disputes over trade, territory, or human rights could jeopardize the global economic equilibrium—or provoke a catastrophic “hot war” that neither country wants.
The U.S. and China may be divided by political culture and belief, but they are also bound together by mutual self-interest. Cool War makes the case for competitive cooperation as the only way forward that can preserve the peace and make winners out of both sides.
Advance praise for Cool War
“We are leaving the era of ‘Chimerica’—when China and America were economically joined at the hip—and entering the era of what Noah Feldman has justly and wittily dubbed ‘Cool War.’ Feldman anatomizes the rapid transformation of the Sino-American relationship from an unequal trading partnership into a new and heavily armed ambivalence. Just how cool the conflict stays, Feldman suggests, will be determined not in cyberspace or at sea but in international institutions. Cool War is essential reading for any serious student of the emergent bipolar order in the Asia-Pacific region.”—Niall Ferguson, New York Times bestselling author of Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire and Civilization: The West and the Rest
“By giving realism and liberal internationalism their due, and by giving credence to both naked self-interest and legal norms, Noah Feldman's dissection of the United States–China relationship is smart, balanced, and wise.”—Robert D. Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography

While dozens of recent books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China’s rise to global supremacy, this book boldly counters such widely-held assumptions. Timothy Beardson brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of the policy responses. Threats to China come on many fronts, Beardson shows, and by their number and sheer weight these problems will thwart any ambition to become the world’s “Number One power.”
Drawing on extensive research and experience living and working in Asia over the last 35 years, the author spells out China’s situation: an inexorable demographic future of a shrinking labor force, relentless aging, extreme gender disparity, and even a falling population. Also, the nation faces social instability, a devastated environment, a predominantly low-tech economy with inadequate innovation, the absence of an effective welfare safety net, an ossified governance structure, and radical Islam lurking at the borders. Beardson’s nuanced, first-hand look at China acknowledges its historic achievements while tempering predictions of its imminent hegemony with a no-nonsense dose of reality.

Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage—a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work.
Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions. This unusual perspective distinguishes Strange Stones, which showcases Hessler’s unmatched range as a storyteller. “Wild Flavor” invites readers along on a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China. One story profiles Yao Ming, basketball star and China’s most beloved export, another David Spindler, an obsessive and passionate historian of the Great Wall. In “Dr. Don,” Hessler writes movingly about a small-town pharmacist and his relationship with the people he serves.
While Hessler’s subjects and locations vary, subtle but deeply important thematic links bind these pieces—the strength of local traditions, the surprising overlap between apparently opposing cultures, and the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different worlds.

我们在生活的重压之下，懂得了生活艰辛，即使内心日益脆弱，即使害怕，也在生活中努力勉强自己。也因为这样，总会觉得自我亏欠太多，想要补偿，也想要在一次苦难之后，涅槃重生，从此处处通达。
我们想象，让痛苦、寂寞、疲倦和深沉的自卑赐予我们一次痛彻心扉的哭泣，过去了，从此，处处是门。而我们也许会因此瞬间长大，有勇气站起来，带着一份美好，远离繁华，走向空旷。
某一天，你我暮年，静坐庭前，观花开，赏花落，笑谈浮生流年。百年一眼，相对一笑，姹紫嫣红早已看遍。

殳俏把做饭写得生动有趣——不是简单的步骤，而是写自己关于吃的生活。若不是因为《煮妇日记》，很少有人会知道殳俏是个烹饪高手。“会做饭的人心里都是很容易满足的，做饭不是技能，而是享受，不必老是挂在嘴上。”在她看来，做饭是一件非常老派、传统且没有任何技术含量的事情，根本没有值得骄傲的地方，做饭没有一定的技术标准，想吃就能做。
日记中记载着殳俏每周一雷打不动地为老公和他的朋友烹饪大餐的经历。为了让每顿饭都别出心裁，她经常苦思冥想，四处购买做饭材料。殳俏说：未婚的女孩儿喜欢逛女装店，已婚的煮妇喜欢逛超级市场。借用法国人的一句话：“我不在超级市场，就在去超级市场的路上。”每餐过后，吃者都大呼过瘾，读者也仿佛闻到了那滚落肉锅中的浓浓酒香……

《活着(新版)》讲述了农村人福贵悲惨的人生遭遇。福贵本是个阔少爷，可他嗜赌如命，终于赌光了家业，一贫如洗。他的父亲被他活活气死，母亲则在穷困中患了重病，福贵前去求药，却在途中被国民党抓去当壮丁。经过几番波折回到家里，才知道母亲早已去世，妻子家珍含辛茹苦地养大两个儿女。此后更加悲惨的命运一次又一次降临到福贵身上，他的妻子、儿女和孙子相继死去，最后只剩福贵和一头老牛相依为命，但老人依旧活着，仿佛比往日更加洒脱与坚强。

《活着(新版)》荣获意大利格林扎纳•卡佛文学奖最高奖项（1998年）、台湾《中国时报》10本好书奖（1994年）、香港“博益”15本好书奖（1994年）、第三届世界华文“冰心文学奖”（2002年），入选香港《亚洲周刊》评选的“20世纪中文小说百年百强”、中国百位批评家和文学编辑评选的“20世纪90年代最有影响的10部作品”。

《情场不输人,职场不输阵》风靡华语世界的情感心灵导师，最受读者欢迎的知性散文作家苏芩继《20岁跟对人，30岁做对事》之后，再推全新心理励志力作《情场不输人,职场不输阵》。《情场不输人,职场不输阵》是2012苏芩首度奉献心灵分享志。是一本倍受媒体和读者瞩目的经典之作。它处处充满智慧又震聋发聩的点拨令人大受裨益，帮助身处迷惘的我们解开心结，引发读者深深共鸣。
也许你会认为世界是不公平的。有的人富足，有的人贫寒；有的人健康，有的人疾患；有的人可以梦想成真，有的人却只能抱憾终身……这些不公背后，永远只是真相的一部分，那部分你没有重视的真相，恰恰是弥补“公正天平”的另一只砝码！
大千世界，何谓真正的“输家”？大概就只有那些不懂得自己所拥有的价值、更不会运用这些价值的人。若你懂得擅用这些资产谋求更深远的成就，那接下来的事会变得简单。人生有两项重要投资：经营好一段感情和打理好一份事业。情场不输人，职场不输阵。一个值得你用一生去体悟的重要分享。身处这个时代，是人人必修的赢家哲学。你可以不输，除非，你真的不想赢！

美食，是人最深的乡愁。
一个人长大后，总有些滋味，只能停留在回忆里。
无论去过多少地方，吃过多少珍馐佳肴，你最怀念的，还是妈妈做的家常菜。
因为，时光将味道烙在了我们的味蕾上，随生而生，永不磨灭。
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当我们逐渐长大，当我们在外漂泊，最念念不忘的便是故乡的美食和小时候的味道 。
想到某个食物的时候，很容易想起很多已经忘记的事情，将那些事情串联起来，便发现一个曾经的自己。
本书通过对小时候的家常美食的回忆，结合个人经历，随兴所至，娓娓闲谈，淡淡的情愫，淡淡的回忆，读来既痛快，又有着无限感慨。

《巴黎，很烦人》是一本由一篇篇小品文组成的关于巴黎生活的书。
世界上很少有哪一座城市会像巴黎那样被夸得天花乱坠。可撇开那些关于巴黎的陈词滥调，真正的巴黎到底是什么样子的？作者以巴黎人的眼光，用异于平常作者的独特视角，向读者展示日常生活中真实有趣的巴黎面貌，有一种透过指缝看风景的绝妙感觉。
全书分为四个章节，通过“好的，待会见（巴黎人说完再见并不各奔东西，跟所有人都拥抱亲吻一遍后还是依依不舍，这是一座无需匆忙的城市）”、“暂住证（谁是巴黎人）”、“人之大欲的上一句是饮食男女（既要吃吃喝喝，又要恩恩爱爱）”、“会穿是时尚，反之还不如光着（不过，最惨的是被时装给穿了，变成衣架）”，将巴黎人衣食住行的各个方面，将巴黎的人文历史，将巴黎的活色生香风趣幽默地呈现在读者面前，与众不同?——
巴黎人很少骂街却爱烧车泄愤。
巴黎人衣着体面却能当街便溺。
巴黎的夏天人人都要休假，不仅政府停摆就连急诊室都会关门。
迟到半小时不算迟到，这是巴黎人的时间观念。
出生证的有效期是三个月，这是巴黎的规章制度。
你若怕被偷，那么别在巴黎坐地铁。
你若节食就别在巴黎下馆子。巴黎堂倌最看不上这也不吃、那也不碰的外国人。
……

历时两年，温暖再续。
一道关于幸福的菜肴，一份交付终生的信任，一个为爱停留的旅人，一颗封存爱情的种子，一张隔离自己的面具，一位夜色中的守护者。
寂地，我的路第六册《风轻云淡》。收录《阿布的店》《它们的故事》《平安小镇》《记忆种子》《面具》《夜的守护者》及特别篇《守护者讲 的故事》《V先生的提包》8篇佳作。
V先生和小浣，继续着他们的旅途。一直在你身边，从未走远。
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《许三观卖血记》是余华1995年创作的一部长篇小说，它以博大的温情描绘了磨难中的人生，以激烈的故事形式表达了人在面对厄运时求生的欲望。小说讲述了许三观靠着卖血渡过了人生的一个个难关，战胜了命运强加给他的惊涛骇浪，而当他老了，知道自己的血再也没有人要时，精神却崩溃了。