Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives

America and China have entered a trade war, tech war, and new Cold War due to a clash of false narratives. Stephen Roach argues that the rhetoric on both sides is misguided and amplified by information distortion, and offers a new road map to restoring a mutually advantageous relationship.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2023
Publisher: Yale University Press

The misguided forces driving conflict escalation between America and China, and the path to a new relationship:

A timely, fluid, and readable assessment of a testy and rapidly changing global relationship.

- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

- Financial Times Best Book of the Year: Economics

In the short span of four years, America and China have entered a trade war, a tech war, and a new Cold War. This conflict between the world's two most powerful nations wouldn't have happened were it not for an unnecessary clash of false narratives.

- America falsely blames its trade and technology threats on China while overlooking its shaky saving foundation.

- China falsely blames its growth challenges on America's alleged containment of market-based socialism, ignoring its failed economic rebalancing.

In a hard-hitting analysis of both nations' economies, politics, and policies, Stephen Roach argues that much of the rhetoric on both sides is dangerously misguided, amplified by information distortion, and more a reflection of each nation's fears and vulnerabilities than a credible assessment of the risks they face. Outlining the disastrous toll of conflict escalation between China and America, Roach offers a new road map to restoring a mutually advantageous relationship.

Weight: 558g
Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300273991