ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: China devalues its currency and VJ Day 70th anniversary

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Francois Godement, ECFR’s director of the Asia and China Programme, about news from the region such as China’s recent decision to devalue its currency as well as the recent 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day.

Bookshelf:

Duty – Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert M. Gates

Soumission by Michel Houellebecq

China’s Second Continent by Howard French

The China-Pakistan Axis by Andrew Small

To read a recent article by Mark Leonard on the rise of new powers, published by the New Statesman, click here.

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