The rise of China will undoubtedly be one of the great spectacles of the twenty-first century. More than a dramatic symbol of the redistribution of global wealt

China's rapid development has attracted worldwide attention in recent years. The implications of China's rise, from its expanding influence and military muscle

China's potential threat to the existing global order is not derived from her rapid economic growth and military expansion, but from China's potential domestic

"A superb book.…Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—Barry R. Posen, The National Interest

Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of Chi