{"product_id":"where-china-meets-india","title":"Where China Meets India","description":"\u003cp\u003eChina and India have always been seperated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across Burma. Now this last great frontier will likely vanish - forests cut down, dirt roads replaced by superhighways, insurgencies ended - leaving China and India exposed to each other as never before. This basic shift in geography is as profound as the opening of the Suez Canal and is taking place just as the centre of the world''s economy moves to the East. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThant Myint-U has travelled extensively across this vast territory, where high-speed trains and gleaming shopping malls now sit alongside the last remaining forests and impoverished mountain communities. In \u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/i\u003e he explores the new strategic centrality of Burma, the country of his ancestry, where Asia''s two rising giant powers - China and India - appear to be vying for supremacy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart travelogue, part history, part investigation, \u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/i\u003e takes us across the fast-changing Asian frontier, giving us a masterful account of the region''s long and rich history and its sudden significance for the rest of the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThant Myint-U is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe River of Lost Footsteps \u003c\/i\u003eand has written articles for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has worked alongside  Kofi Annan at the UN''s Department of Political Affairs and currently works as a special consultant to the Burmese government.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318862553470,"sku":"NW9780571239641","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571239641.jpg?v=1778726151","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/where-china-meets-india","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}