China Restored: The Middle Kingdom Looks to 2020 and Beyond

Contrary 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.

Original materials include Chinese documents concerning Beijing's domestic, economic, and military policies

45 sidebars explain key words, concepts, and issues simply and clearly for the benefit of general readers

A bibliography provides an extensive listing of contemporary materials concerning China's future intentions