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Books: Dynamics of Asia's 'new cold war' revealed
CARLOS MARTINEZ recommends an expert analysis of US attempts to thwart China's rise as a global power
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
The US vs China: Asia’s New Cold War?
by Jude Woodward
(Manchester University Press, £22.50)
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