China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will move the world, " said Napoleon Bonaparte. Now that China has awakened, The Chinese Slant advises the reader how best to understand what China does. The Chinese Slant, acquaints the Western reader who may view the Chinese mindset as being inscrutable with the military history of China woven into its cultural, technological and commercial enterprises. The author presents the impressive achievements it accomplished in those endeavors, many not known at all to western people. In The Chinese Slant illustrated with brilliant color graphics, the western reader will come to realize how those achievements were accomplished, the manner in which military battles were won and the importance of espionage in winning some of those battles, The Chinese Slant brings to the western eye and mind a sophisticated and technologically oriented nation. It is a refresher for the Western eye and mind that may still view the China of the World War II and Korean War eras. That period is part of what the Chinese refer to as the "Century of Humiliation." The current century is viewed as make-up time.It is now critical for the western mind to unravel the inscrutable Chinese mindset and know the how and when of Chinese moves. The Chinese Slant is a key that will enable the western reader to better understand that inscrutable mindset.