Der Westen in Asien – Asien und der Westen (English shop)

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Published for the first time on the occasion of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing!

From 3,000 years of distance, through 300 years of controversial encounter, to 30 years of opening convergence into the tomorrow of the 21st century. From the East India Company to globalisation in the new millennium. The Asia stretching from China to India and from the Khyber Pass to the Pacific.

Drawing on factual information, this work engages with the notions that may stand in the way of a full understanding of Asia’s role for us and for the world. That this is a matter close to the author’s heart may become apparent from the autobiographical notes appended, which recount his lifelong relationship in and concerning Asia. The substance of knowledge about and from the major Asian countries in particular, and the connections between them that are otherwise rarely captured, make the book well worth reading even beyond its core arguments!