Introducing the book – a vodcast for Yale
A vodcast for Yale University Press in which I talk about how I came to write the book, why the islands of the South China Sea are both tiny but very important, the origins of China’s claim to the South China Sea and the importance of the South China Sea to the wider world. It’s […]
SCMP review – ‘superb and timely’
Ben Richardson of the South China Morning Post has given the book a great review. My thanks to him for these fine words, among others, “Hayton makes full use of his trade-craft to spin a page-turning thriller packed with anecdotes, historical characters and eye-witness accounts”. Since the SCMP, more-or-less, overlooks the South China Sea, this […]