TY - BOOK AU - Manoj Kewalramani TI - SMOKELESS WAR: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance SN - 9789354350948 U1 - 320.951 PY - 2021////01/01 CY - New Delhi PB - Bloomsbury KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects -- China KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Government policy -- China KW - China -- Politics and government KW - China -- Foreign relations KW - Diplomatic relations N1 - Smokeless War: Chinas Quest for Geopolitical Dominance In January 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak in China was viewed as a black swan event, threatening the Communist Partys rule. Two short months later, however, China appeared to have controlled the virus, while the rest of the world struggled to respond. As country after country imposed lockdowns of varying strictness and the human cost began to rise, geopolitical frictions flared up over the origins of the virus, along with Beijings early failures, diplomacy and discourse. Smokeless War: Chinas Quest for Geopolitical Dominance offers a gripping account of the Communist Party of Chinas political, diplomatic and narrative ER -