Rethinking China

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In Rethinking China, Zhengyu “Z” Huang delivers a timely and incisive critique of the prevailing US narrative on China—challenging long-held assumptions with data, expert interviews, and firsthand insight. Blending history, economics, diplomacy, and lived experience, Huang dismantles assumptions surrounding trade, intellectual property, human rights, and national security, while cutting through fear and laying bare the dangerous consequences of dehumanizing rhetoric and strategic miscalculation. From the legacy of Vietnam to the risks of war over Taiwan, he calls for evidence-based policymaking and a more honest, results-driven approach to coexistence and competition with China. This book is an essential guide for policymakers, media, and citizens alike seeking clarity in one of the most consequential relationships of our time.

Zhengyu “Z” Huang is the former President of the Committee of 100, a nonprofit of prominent Chinese Americans dedicated to advancing constructive US-China relations and promoting Chinese American inclusion. Born in Shanghai and raised in Los Angeles, Huang holds degrees in Industrial Engineering, Economics, and Computer Science from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard. He began his career at Intel, where he led negotiations with the Chinese government on IP and 4G partnerships. He later served as a White House Fellow under President Obama, founded a financial technology firm in Shanghai, and now leads an education-focused investment firm investing in the Americas. A bestselling author of four books, Huang’s talks have reached over 50 million people, and his work has been featured in major outlets including CNBC, CNN, and USA Today. He has lived in five countries, traveled to over 90, and remains an avid (if not expert) enthusiast of fifteen sports.

In Rethinking China, Zhengyu “Z” Huang delivers a timely and incisive critique of the prevailing US narrative on China—challenging long-held assumptions with data, expert interviews, and firsthand insight. Blending history, economics, diplomacy, and lived experience, Huang dismantles assumptions surrounding trade, intellectual property, human rights, and national security, while cutting through fear and laying bare the dangerous consequences of dehumanizing rhetoric and strategic miscalculation. From the legacy of Vietnam to the risks of war over Taiwan, he calls for evidence-based policymaking and a more honest, results-driven approach to coexistence and competition with China. This book is an essential guide for policymakers, media, and citizens alike seeking clarity in one of the most consequential relationships of our time.

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Zhengyu Z. Huang

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US-China relations strategy New Cold War US-China rivalry Geopolitics China economic policy Globalization trade policy American competitiveness Fear perception politics Asian American

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“Rethinking China is a bracing call to replace reflex and rhetoric with evidence. Drawing on his experience at the intersection of business, government, and Chinese American civic life, Zhengyu “Z” Huang challenges widely repeated assumptions—from IP theft and trade to Taiwan and human rights—and shows why bad inputs produce catastrophic policy outputs.” (Maria Adele Carrai, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford)

“To any political leader in power in any country, facts are dangerous. Facts don’t join political parties, and, at some time, they are likely to disrupt unexamined assumptions.  Once adopted and adhered to, they may also serve as guideposts for informed and targeted strategies. However, facts rarely convince on their own. Often, they need to be accompanied by stories of how real people have had their lives affected or the tragic outcomes of failing to understand the underlying facts. Zhengyu Huang has written a masterful aggregation of interviews, anecdotes, facts and analysis of the perilous state of U.S.-China relations and their impact on everyday lives. Today, understanding what is actually occurring bilaterally and the motivations for U.S. policies has become more critical to global peace and security than ever before. His book is an antidote to decades of misreading China’s intentions and their impact on the United States, and redirecting US strategies towards outcomes that benefit our economy, people and our national security.” (Mark Cohen, Senior Technology Fellow, Asia Society of Northern California and Seattle, Senior Fellow University of Akron School of Law, and Distinguished Fellow, Geotech, Tusher Strategic Initiative for Technology Leadhership, UC Berkeley)

“I found Rethinking China to be a rare combination of courage and clarity. Though framed around U.S.–China relations, it’s really a book about America—about how we lead, what we fear, and what we choose to believe. It’s a deeply researched and fair-minded exploration of the U.S.–China relationship, grounded in fact rather than ideology.” (Terry Lautz, author of Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic)

“Rethinking China is a timely corrective to a debate dominated by slogans. Huang forces a higher standard of rigor about the assumptions that guide policy and business decisions—exactly what serious leadership requires.” (Christopher Marquis, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, University of Cambridge, author of “Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise”)

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