He has served in the Indian embassy in China after learning how to speak and read Mandarin fluently. Mr Saran’s credentials for authoring a book on China are exceptional, perhaps even unique. On the other hand, while the broad subjects are easy to access, the limited length of the chapters prevents the author from going too deep into individual subjects. On the one hand, the book lends itself to being used as a reference text, with the reader going straight, via the contents page, to the chapter she would like to reference. In 18 short chapters (the longest of which is just 24 pages), Saran covers a great deal of ground, dividing the chapters into diverse subjects such as: “A Chinese Narrative of its History”, “The Emergence of China as a Maritime Power” and “India as a Teacher by Negative Example.” There are both problems and solutions in such a methodology.
This is a succinct, pithy reader for the China novice to bring herself up to speed, while also presenting more experienced China hands with a concise compilation of facts.
After his first well-received publication in 2018, How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century, Shyam Saran has scored another success with his second book, How China Sees India and the World.
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