NEW DELHI: Books, especially on geopolitics, and think-tanks occasionally either contribute, or point to, the thinking of a government or growing tensions. In the backdrop of the current tensions between the United States and China, one of the leading US think-tanks, the Washington-based Hudson Institute, released a report in July titled “China Post Communism: Preparing for a PostCommunist China”. Edited by Miles Yu, who served as China Advisor to US President Donald Trump during his first term, the book comprises 10 chapters, four of which are by contributors who have chosen to remain anonymous. 

Quite apart from the provocative title of the report, the various chapters too deal with specific subjects centring on replacing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China’s current government and military establishments with alternate structures. It is almost like a guide to the dismantling of the CCP and the reshaping of...