Table of Contents:
  • Chronology of main events
  • Introduction
  • 1. China's challenge to the global economic order
  • 2. China debates its future
  • 3. Democracy with Chinese characteristics? : political reform and the future of the Chinese Communist Party
  • 4. Center-local relations : Hu's in charge here?
  • 5. Corruption in China : crisis or constant?
  • 6. Sustaining economic growth in China
  • 7. Energy implications of China's growth
  • 8. Why does the United States care about Taiwan?
  • 9. China's military modernization
  • 10. China and the world
  • 11. Conclusion.