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"How China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. But the full repercussions of China's ascendancy-for itself and the rest of the globe-have been surprisingly little explained or understood. In this far-reaching and original investigation, Martin Jacques offers provocative answers to some of the most pressing questions about China's growing place on the world stage. Martin Jacques reveals, by elaborating on three historical truths, how China will seek to shape the world in its own image. The Chinese have a rich and long history as a civilization-state. Under the tributary system, outlying states paid tribute to the Middle Kingdom. Ninety-four percent of the population still believes they are one race-""Han Chinese."" The strong sense of superiority rooted in China's history promises to resurface in twenty-first century China and in the process strengthen and further unify the country. A culturally self-confident Asian giant with a billion-plus population, China will likely resist globalization as we know it. This exceptionalism will have powerful ramifications for the rest of the world and the United States in particular. As China is already emerging as the new center of the East Asian economy, the mantle of economic and, therefore, cultural relevance will in our lifetimes begin to pass from Manhattan and Paris to cities like Beijing and Shanghai. It is the American relationship with and attitude toward China, Jacques argues, that will determine whether the twenty-first century will be relatively peaceful or fraught with tension, instability, and danger. ""When China Rules the World"" is the first book to fully conceive of and explain the upheaval that China's ascendance will cause and the realigned global power structure it will create."

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Provocative... a fascinating account. A clear-eyed look at how China's recent modernization will leapfrog Western 'superiority'. - Kirkus Reviews Delivering a tour d'horizon of China's relations with foreign countries, Jacques envisions their future development as comparable to a comeback of imperial China's tributary system. Jacques' views will be discussion starters for trend-spotting students of the world scene. -Booklist Provocative... a fascinating account. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times [A] compelling and thought-provoking analysis of global trends.... Jacques is a superb explainer of history and economics, tracing broad trends with insight and skill. - The Washington Post [An] exhaustive, incisive exploration of possibilities that many people have barely begun to contemplate about a future dominated by China. ... [Jacques] has written a work of considerable erudition, with provocative and often counterintuitive speculations about one of the most important questions facing the world today. And he could hardly have known, when he set out to write it, that events would so accelerate the trends he was analyzing. - The New York Times Book Review The rise of China may well prove to be the defining economic and geopolitical change of our time, and few authors have given the subject deeper thought or offered a more illuminating analysis than Martin Jacques. -Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money A clear wake-up call. - Christian Science Monitor A clear-eyed look at how China's recent modernization will leapfrog Western 'superiority'. - Kirkus Reviews An extremely impressive book, full of bold but credible predictions. ... I suspect the book will long be remembered for its foresight and insight. - The Guardian (UK) Delivering a tour d'horizon of China's relations with foreign countries, Jacques envisions their future development as comparable to a comeback of imperial China's tributary system. Jacques' views will be discussion starters for trend-spotting students of the world scene. - Booklist Provocative... a fascinating account. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times [A] compelling and thought-provoking analysis of global trends.... Jacques is a superb explainer of history and economics, tracing broad trends with insight and skill. - The Washington Post [An] exhaustive, incisive exploration of possibilities that many people have barely begun to contemplate about a future dominated by China. ... [Jacques] has written a work of considerable erudition, with provocative and often counterintuitive speculations about one of the most important questions facing the world today. And he could hardly have known, when he set out to write it, that events would so accelerate the trends he was analyzing. - The New York Times Book Review The rise of China may well prove to be the defining economic and geopolitical change of our time, and few authors have given the subject deeper thought or offered a more illuminating analysis than Martin J

Provocative... a fascinating account.

Provocative... a fascinating account. <br> -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times <br> [A] compelling and thought-provoking analysis of global trends.... Jacques is a superb explainer of history and economics, tracing broad trends with insight and skill. <br> - The Washington Post <br> [An] exhaustive, incisive exploration of possibilities that many people have barely begun to contemplate about a future dominated by China. ... [Jacques] has written a work of considerable erudition, with provocative and often counterintuitive speculations about one of the most important questions facing the world today. And he could hardly have known, when he set out to write it, that events would so accelerate the trends he was analyzing. <br> - The New York Times Book Review <br> The rise of China may well prove to be the defining economic and geopolitical change of our time, and few authors have given the subject deeper thought or offered a more illuminating analysis than Martin J

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"Martin Jacques co-edited and co-authored T""he Forward March of Labour Halted?, The Politics of Thatcherism,"" and ""New Times."" Jacques co-founded the UK think-tank Demos, has been a columnist for the ""Times of London,"" and was editor of ""Marxism Today"" and deputy editor of the ""Independent."" He currently writes a regular column for the ""Guardian"" and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre."

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