Will This Be Chinas Century? : : A Skeptics View / / Mel Gurtov.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Gurtov, Mel,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (205 p.)

Mel Gurtov takes issue with the widespread view that China is on the way to rivaling or even displacing the United States as the dominant world power. Gurtov identifies serious constraints that will keep the country's leadership focused for the foreseeable future on challenges at home. Arguing that China's economic rise has exacerbated problems of social inequality, environmental degradation, official corruption, and more—and that its military capabilities and ambitions are far more limited than many observers have suggested—he makes a strong case that the most productive US policy will be one of engagement on issues of common concern, rather than confrontation or containment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Exploring the “Century” Issue -- 2 Interpreting China’s Rise -- 3 Evaluating China’s Place in the World -- 4 China’s Reach -- 5 China’s “Good Citizenship” -- 6 Feet of Clay -- 7 The United States by Default? -- 8 Whose Century? -- 9 Toward Sino-US Reengagement -- 10 Reassessing the China Challenge -- Appendix: Selected Documents -- Document 1 Wang Jisi, “Inside China” (2010) -- Document 2 China’s National Defense in 2010 (2011, excerpts) -- Document 3 Charter 08 (2008, excerpts) -- Document 4 Open Letter of Party Elders (October 11, 2010) -- Document 5 US-China Joint Statement (January 19, 2011, excerpts) -- Document 6 Joint Statement on the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue Outcomes of the Strategic Track (May 3–4, 2012, excerpts) -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book