Book excerpt: How strategic empathy towards China can strengthen us

“We need to reduce knowledge asymmetries. For 150 years, China has been looking at Europe and the West – metaphorically – through a telescope, while we often look through the same telescope backwards,” writes Marina Rudyak in her book "Dialog mit dem Drachen — Wie uns strategische Empathie gegenüber China stärken kann" (Dialogue with the Dragon — How strategic empathy towards China can strengthen us). Here is an excerpt: