"The Chinese Century"?
The Challenge to Global Order

This book looks ahead to consider the most likely results of the encounter between China and the international system. Environmental, cultural and perceptual matters are considered as well as more traditional economic and military issues. Underpinning the book is the question will the 21st century be 'China's Century', for China and the world?

China's impact on the world is likely to be one of the big ongoing headline stories for the coming century. This book looks ahead, to consider the most likely results of this mutual encounter between China and the international system. How will they affect each other? The book goes beyond traditional military-security matters in various ways. Firstly it brings in the likely impact of China's economic rise for the coming decades. Secondly it also brings in environmental matters, an emerging soft security issue for China and the world, alongside the traditional economic and military-security issues. Finally this book also believes that images matter in international relations. Consequently, soft power questions of culture and of perceptions are also considered as well as the more traditional hard power economic and military issues. Underpinning the whole book is the question; will the 21st century be 'China's Century', for China and the world?

Frameworks for the Century China's Security-Military Challenge Economic and Environmental Challenges China's Ideational Challenge 'Internal' Challenges for China 'External' Challenges for China Conclusions