Issue Briefs 2009

These issue briefs distill the most critical information presented in the recent book China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities, a comprehensive and balanced look at where China is today and what impact its future path will have on the United States and the world.

The issue briefs that follow include updates from previous versions of the binder, as well as new issue briefs that specifically mirror new chapters in China’s Rise, and address China’s response to the current global economic crisis. They are divided into four broad areas: China’s domestic economy, China’s domestic transformation, China in the world economy, and China’s foreign and security policy.

You can view the previous China Balance Sheet briefs

All the files below are adobe acrobat pdf.

Overview

Domestic Economy

• Long-Term Growth Rates
• China’s Need for Consumption-Led Growth
• Energy and Natural Resources

World Economy

• China’s Challenge to the Global Economic Order
• Trade and Surpluses
• Exchange Rate
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Technology

 Domestic Transformation

• Social Unrest
• Corruption
• Population and Demography
• Public Welfare
• The Environment
• Political Reform
• Nongovernmental Organizations
• Human Rights and Religious Freedom
• Center-Local Relations
• Media
• The Rule of Law
• The Internet

 Foreign and Security Policy

• U.S.-China Relations
• U.S. Role in East Asia
• Chinese View of the United States
• Chinese Foreign Policy
• The Developing World
• International System
• Global Strategic Competition
• Military Modernization
• Cross-Strait Relations
• U.S.-Taiwan Relations
• Korea
• Japan
• India
• Russia