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 Rise: Challenges and
Opportunities will help the United States and the rest of the world
better comprehend the facts and dynamics underpinning China's rise--an
understanding that becomes more and more important with each passing
day. Additionally, the authors suggest actions both China and the United
States can take that will not only maximize the opportunities for
China's constructive integration into the international community but
also help form a domestic consensus that will provide a stable
foundation for such policies. Filled with facts for policymakers, this
much anticipated book's narrative-driven, accessible style will appeal
to the general reader. This book is unique in that it analyzes the
authoritative data on China's economy, foreign and domestic policy, and
national security. The expert judgments in this book paint a picture of
a China confronting domestic challenges that are in many ways side
effects of its economic successes, while simultaneously trying to take
advantage of the foreign policy benefits of those same successes.
China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities from The China Balance
Sheet Project, a joint, multiyear project of the Center for Strategic
and International Studies and the Peterson Institute, discusses China's
military modernization, China's increasing soft power influence in Asia
and around the world, China's policy toward Taiwan, domestic political
development, Beijing's political relations with China's provincial and
municipal authorities, corruption and social unrest, rebalancing China's
economic growth, the exchange rate controversy, energy and the
environment, industrial policy, trade disputes, and investment issues.
This book is part of the CSIS-IIE China Balance Sheet project. For more
information about this project, please visit www.chinabalancesheet.org.
