The Transpacific Experiment

[2] A portion of the book discusses how major internet corporations emerged in China despite the existence of the Great Leap Forward.

"[1] Overall Stross believed that while it was urgent for a work that examines the relationship between China and the United States, the book "does not uncover enough good stories, nor spend enough time with its subjects, to realize that promise.

"[2] Davies stated that the book's main "oversight" is the "lack of any prescriptions, or even general principles on how to encourage more of the positive engagement he describes".

[1] Davies added that the author's has a major strength in "identifying the big problems" and sometimes also in "digging into the finer details" and that "The book is strongest when Sheehan spends more time with individual characters and their stories.

"[1] Kirkus Reviews stated that the book is "Timely reading in an era of looming trade wars and the decline of American economic supremacy.