The rise of China and its implications for stability in both the Asia-Pacific region and the world more generally continues to exercise the minds of scholars and policy makers alike. In particular, questions of the geostrategic importance of shifting power patterns marked, in particular, by China’s elevation stand at the forefront of contemporary scholarship concerned with international and Asian security. The three works with which this article is primarily concerned all seek to address the challenges posed by a resurgent China. In doing so, Steve Chan’s (2008) work and the edited collection of Robert S. Ross and Zhu Feng (2008) both focus on power transition theory as a means of explaining China’s place in the world. Chan’s work provides a fairly comprehensive overview of power transition theory and a stringent critique of its underlying assumptions before concluding, contrary to most power transition theorists, that China is not likely to challenge the United States for global supremacy. Ross and Feng’s collection of 12 essays, by contrast, offers a range of different assessments of China’s rise from authors including Jack S. Levy, Avery Goldstein, John Ikenberry, and Robert Art, utilising multiple analytical perspectives*/constructivism, liberalism, and neo-realism, to name a few. The work is divided into four main parts: Part 1 focuses on power transition theory and the structure of the international system in light of the rise of China; Part 2 then turns to consider the institutional implications of China’s ascent; Part 3 analyses