Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-493) and index.
Making of today's China -- The broken economic model -- The elusive knowledge economy -- Finance -- Social welfare: missing umbrella -- The environment -- Threats to social stability -- Threats to civil stability -- Identity: future of state and party -- America and China: common interests, mutual antagonisms -- Great power relationships -- Central Asia -- Undeclared war in the fourth dimension? -- Nervous neighbors -- China in the world -- Outcomes.
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Brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of the policy responses. Threats to China come on many fronts, Beardson shows, and by their number and sheer weight these problems will thwart any ambition to become the world's "Number One power.".