China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise

by Susan L. Shirk

Book Overview

Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: The Fragile Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth, but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195306090
• ISBN13: 9780195306095
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.1" x 6.3"