" This is an extremely important and valuable volume. The analysis is fresh and compelling
throughout, and the material reflects the contributors' broad knowledge and sensitivity to …

The tectonic plates of power that have characterized Asia for half a century are shifting, and
China may be returning to its traditional role as the central actor in Asia. As China has …

Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension
of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its …

Clear, comprehensive, and well-balanced, this unique assessment takes the measure of
what is arguably the most important geopolitical change in today's world: the growth of …

Analysts debate the international implications of a newly powerful China. China's relentless
economic growth in the 1980s and 1990s heralded its emergence as a great power in world …

China has emerged as an economic powerhouse (projected to have the largest economy in
the world in a little over a decade) and is taking an ever-increasing role on the world stage …

china's situation lends itself to hyperbole. the people's republic of china (prc) has the largest
population in the world, the fastest growing economy in the world, the largest army in the …

The most profound change that the United States and China have experienced in their
relations over the past 30 years is perhaps the onset of an apparent power transition …

The traditional under-pinnings of international relations in Asia are undergoing profound
change, and the rise of China is a principal cause. Other causes include the relative de-cline …

China's recent growth has called attention to the power-transition theory, which contends
that the danger of a major war is the greatest when a rising dissatisfied challenger threatens …