[Verse 1]
Pillsbury warns of a hundred-year plan
Marathon thinking across the land
While Doshi maps the long game clear
China's strategy draws ever near
Wang Huning saw America's divide
Wrote it down for the Party's guide
[Chorus]
Read the books, know the game
Strategic thought won't stay the same
Hundred years, long game, debt wall high
Population falling from the sky
Taiwan strait, uncharted waters
Read to know what future offers
[Verse 2]
McMahon shows the debt wall's height
Great Wall cracking in broad daylight
Minzner sees the era's end
Authoritarian trends that bend
Yi Fuxian counts the missing births
Demographics shake the earth
[Chorus]
Read the books, know the game
Strategic thought won't stay the same
Hundred years, long game, debt wall high
Population falling from the sky
Taiwan strait, uncharted waters
Read to know what future offers
[Verse 3]
Bush maps the uncharted strait
Taiwan's future hangs in wait
Mastro warns of temptation's call
Will the island stand or fall?
Foreign Affairs prints the warning signs
Read between the battle lines
[Bridge]
From twenty-fifteen to twenty-one
These authors chart what's yet to come
Hawkish views and balanced thought
Understanding must be fought
Page by page the picture grows
Of how the great game really goes
[Chorus]
Read the books, know the game
Strategic thought won't stay the same
Hundred years, long game, debt wall high
Population falling from the sky
Taiwan strait, uncharted waters
Read to know what future offers
[Outro]
Essential reading lights the way
Through geopolitics today
China's rise and America's stand
Written out by expert hands