The topic of China's rise and what it really means for the global and regional order is the subject of intense debate. In this volume, top scholars address China's power today, compare China's power with that of the USA, and forecast China's power in 2025.

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Foreword; Hahm Chaibong
Preface
1. Assessing China's Power; Jae Ho Chung
PART I. DOMESTIC SOURCES/CONSTRAINTS OF CHINA'S POWER
2. China's Economic Power: Catching Up with America by 2025?; Francois Godement
3. China's Domestic Governing Capacity: Prospects and Challenges; Tony Saich
PART II. MILITARY COMPONENTS OF CHINA'S POWER
4. Evaluating China's Conventional Military Power: The Naval and Air Dimensions; Andrew S. Erickson
5. Assessing China's Evolving Nuclear Capabilities; Michael S. Chase
6. China's Modernization Efforts and Activities in Outer Space, Cyber Space, and the Arctic; Kevin Pollpeter
PART III. NORMATIVE SCOPE OF CHINA'S POWER
7. China's Changing Influence on the Multilateral System: From Adaptation to Assertion; Ann Kent
8. Evaluating China's Soft Power: Dimensions of Norms and Attraction; Hankwon Kim
PART IV. REGIONAL IMPACT OF CHINA'S POWER
9. China's Power in Regional Context (I): Northeast Asia; David Kang
10. China's Power in the Regional Context (II): Southeast Asia; Evelyn Goh
PART V. ASSESSING CHINA'S GLOBAL POWER
11. China's Global Power/China as a Global Power; Shaun Breslin
12. China's Power from a Chinese Perspective (I): A Developing Country vs. A Great Power; Suisheng Zhao
13. China's Power from a Chinese Perspective (II): Back to the Center Stage; Zhimin Chen
List of contributors
Index

Francois Godement, Sciences Po, France Tony Saich, Harvard Kennedy School, USA. Andrew S. Erickson, U.S. Naval War College, USA. Michael S. Chase, RAND Corporation, USA. Kevin Pollpeter, University of California, USA. Ann Kent, Australian National University, Australia. Hankwon Kim, Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Korea David C. Kang, University of Southern California, USA. Evelyn Goh, Australian National University, Australia. Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, UK. Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver, USA. Zhimin Chen, Fudan University, USA.