Every week, the headline changes. Tariffs one day, a chip ban the next, a Taiwan flashpoint the day after. The America-China rivalry has become the defining geopolitical story of the century, and most readers feel they are running to catch up. The good news is that the story is knowable. Five books, written by a former prime minister, a Harvard historian, a technology analyst, a Washington insider, and a Tufts professor, give a careful reader everything the news cycle leaves out.
