{"product_id":"china-restored-eric-c-anderson-9780313385179","title":"China Restored: The Middle Kingdom Looks to 2020 and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContrary to lurid forecasts in the West that China is on track to wrest global hegemony from the United States by 2025, China is in fact positioning itself to resume its historic role as the \"Middle Kingdom\"--a senior mentor with benign aspirations for guiding Asia into the mid-21st century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChina Restored: The Middle Kingdom Looks to 2020 and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric C. Anderson challenges the widespread perception of China as a rising giant whose authoritarian program to supplant the United States as global hegemony poses a grave international threat. He weighs in against doomsday prophets such as Martin Jacques, who predicts that China's economy and diplomatic influence will equal those of the United States by 2025 and will eclipse them by a factor of two by 2050. Anderson, a player in Washington's China policy debates who enjoys deep access to Chinese intelligence sources, counters with a careful argument that Beijing's overriding aim is in fact to foster a stable global environment conducive to its economic development and regional hegemony based on legitimate political authority rather than coercion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnderson points to three principal factors that will drive Chinese behavior over the next 10 years: the Chinese Communist Party's desire to be recognized as a responsible member of the international community; China's effort to equip, train, and maintain a modern military; and Beijing's campaign to \"sell\" her governance model--from economic development to serving a domestic constituency--as a direct competitor to Washington's version of liberal democracy. Asserting that Beijing is poised to serve as Washington's \"peer competitor,\" Anderson offers insights as to what can be expected from China in the future, including facilitating U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts and participating in international peacekeeping operations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric C. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313385173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313385179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.44w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 176","brand":"Eric C. Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437892448511,"sku":"9780313385179","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77d60677-c57c-40af-8755-6b4fe8088248.jpg?v=1777167481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/china-restored-eric-c-anderson-9780313385179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}