The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

by Thomas J. Christensen

Book Overview

Many see China as a rival superpower to the United States and imagine the country's rise to be a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues against this zero-sum vision. Instead, he describes a new paradigm in which the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while encouraging the country to contribute to the global order. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393081133
• ISBN13: 9780393081138
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"