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"Chia Pao-yu, the Beijing University democracy activist, was not executed after the June 1989 Tiananmen Square repression, as was rumored in the prequel, Year of the Earth Serpent Changing Colors. Instead, he escaped to Paris, where he lives in exile during the years of the Bataclan terrorist attacks, the Yellow Vest protests, and the COVID-19 (or Horseshoe Bat) pandemic. Chia works for the Foundation for Human Rights Forever under the direction of the heiress, Bereft Laplante-who, as he belatedly learns, had helped finance his escape from China, but who also funds questionable activities not related to purely humanitarian causes. With Foundation support, Chia participates in the protests in Hong Kong before publishing his Planetary Manifesto. And after taking part in an international conference on the ""Future of China"" in Washington DC, he warns of the rise of Chinese-inspired authoritarianism that seeks to subvert American and European democracies. At the same time, he fears the real possibility of war-if the Balding Eagle and the Red Dragon cannot eventually see eye to eye. Forced to quit the Foundation after Laplante sexually assaults him, and showing signs he is losing his sanity, Chia mysteriously disappears in a suspected trade-off for a Western spy held by Beijing-at least that is the official story."

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Hall Gardner has given us a timely and compelling narrative of two civilizations as the world witnesses rising Chinese power. A magnificent achievement.--Matthew Fraser, author of In Truth: A History of Lies from Ancient Rome to Modern America How much do we know about China? ... Gardner's book is a balance between an encyclopedia and a novel ... A big country demands a big book.--E. Ethelbert Miller (on the prequel to this book); Writer and literary activist, Host of On The Margin (WPFW 89.3 FM), Winner Howard Zinn Life Achievement Award 2022 A satire of truly global-scale, Hall Gardner's Year of the Horseshoe Bat-In Exile or the Legend of JV channels the authors immense creative and narrative gifts in the service of the seemingly impossible: To help us comprehend what is unfolding before our very eyes...As Orwell famously observed, 'To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle'--Hall Gardner's new book assists immensely in just that struggle.--James W. Carden, contributing editor, The American Conservative

Hall Gardner has given us a timely and compelling narrative of two civilizations as the world witnesses rising Chinese power. A magnificent achievement.--Matthew Fraser, author of In Truth: A History of Lies from Ancient Rome to Modern America How much do we know about China? ... Gardner's book is a balance between an encyclopedia and a novel ... A big country demands a big book.--E. Ethelbert Miller (on the prequel to this book); Writer and literary activist, Host of On The Margin (WPFW 89.3 FM), Winner Howard Zinn Life Achievement Award 2022

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"Hall Gardner is Professor Emeritus of the Department of History and Politics at the American University of Paris, France. His publications include: Toward an Alternative Transatlantic Strategy: Biden, the EU, and the ‘New’ Multilateralism (2022); IR Theory, Historical Analogy, and Major Power War (2019); World War Trump: The Risks of America’s New Nationalism (2018); American Global Strategy and the ""War on Terrorism"" (2005/2013); and The Wake-Up Blast: Thirty Years of Poetic Protest (2008). His website is www.hallgardner.com."

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