Table of Contents

1: Strong Abroad but Fragile at Home
2: China's Economic Miracle
3: Domestic Threats
4: The Echo Chamber of Nationalism: Media and the Internet
5: The Responsible Power
6: Japan: "When the Chinese People Get Angry, the Result is Always Big Trouble
7: Taiwan: A Question of Regime Survival
8: The United States: External Troubles Can Become Internal Troubles
9: China's Weakness, America's Danger
Acknowledgments

About the Author

Susan L. Shirk is Director of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and Professor at UC-San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. A leading authority on China, she has has written numerous books and articles on this subject, including pieces that have appeared in Washington Post, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Reviews

"One of the best books I read on China." - Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times

"Ms. Shirk's magisterial book gazes down on China from above." - The Economist

"For those seeking an objective look at the new China, your search is over." --Madeleine K. Albright