Assessing China’s Power

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Assessing China’s Power....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
China’s Economic Power: Catching up with the United States by 2025?....Pages 21-39
China’s Domestic Governing Capacity: Prospects and Challenges....Pages 41-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Evaluating China’s Conventional Military Power: The Naval and Air Dimensions....Pages 65-90
Assessing China’s Evolving Nuclear Capabilities....Pages 91-111
China’s Modernization Efforts and Activities in Outer Space, Cyberspace, and the Arctic....Pages 113-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
China’s Changing Influence on the Multilateral System: From Adaptation to Assertion....Pages 139-161
Evaluating China’s Soft Power: Dimensions of Norms and Attraction....Pages 163-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
China’s Power in the Regional Context (I): Northeast Asia....Pages 185-206
China’s Power in the Regional Context (II): Southeast Asia....Pages 207-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
China’s Global Power/China as a Global Power....Pages 231-250
China’s Power from a Chinese Perspective (I): A Developing Country versus a Great Power....Pages 251-270
China’s Power from a Chinese Perspective (II): Back to the Center Stage....Pages 271-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-299