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The Mandate Breaks: China: 2029-2034
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 6 2026
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Geopolitical Thriller by Geelon Dusk
What happens when the world's most powerful growth machine suddenly stops?
In 2029, China stands at the height of its power-or so the world believes.
Beneath the gleaming skylines, a debt bubble decades in the making is beginning to burst. Ghost cities stand empty. Infrastructure projects generate no returns. Local governments drown in obligations they cannot repay. Millions of graduates face unemployment while dissent is crushed with increasing force.
Then comes the shock.
China invades a weakened Russia, hoping to secure resources and project strength. Instead, it becomes trapped in a costly Siberian quagmire. At the same time, nations across Asia challenge Beijing's claims in the South China Sea. Countries once dependent on Chinese Belt and Road loans begin defaulting. Capital flees. Banks fail. Growth turns negative for the first time in generations.
As the economy contracts and public trust evaporates, the Communist Party faces a challenge it has never encountered before:
A crisis it cannot censor.
From the halls of Zhongnanhai to the streets of Chengdu, from Siberian battlefields to the first free elections in modern Chinese history, The Mandate Breaks follows officials, journalists, soldiers, workers, and ordinary families as a superpower confronts the limits of centralized power.
Part geopolitical thriller, part economic cautionary tale, and part exploration of democratic transition, this sweeping novel asks a timeless question:
How does a nation survive its own success?
Provocative, ambitious, and deeply relevant to the future of global politics, The Mandate Breaks is a story not about the collapse of a nation-but about the reinvention of one.
Because nations do not fail when they make mistakes.
They fail when they lose the ability to correct them.
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