A Great Clamour: Encounters with China and Its Neighbours JF Sideline as the UN’s first non-Western

as the UN’s first non-Western secretary-general

A highly enjoyable read

she is forced to piece together the truth

Kaplan makes the case for realism as an approach to the Greater Middle East

A Great Clamour: Encounters with China and Its Neighbours JF Sideline as the UN’s first non-Westernthoughtful, intelligent, rigorous and deeply insightful' timeout full of unexpected ideas and fresh insights, a great clamour is an extraordinary account of contemporary asia from one of our finest essayists. Journeying through china, tibet, mongolia, taiwan, indonesia, malaysia and japan, mishra explores the contradictions and dynamism of modern day china, simultaneously drawing a vivid portrait of its neighbours and the shadow the restless giant