China's Rise - Threat or Opportunity [Hardcover]

The phenomenal growth of Chinese economic and military power in the first decade of the 21^stcentury has drawn world-wide attention. Perceptions of China's rise have shifted from seeing China as a threat to a more mixed view, where China is seen as playing a key role in economic recovery, taking an increasingly responsible role in world affairs, and contributing significantly to scientific and technological advances.

This book argues that China will only become a truly global power when its rising power status is accepted, or at least tolerated, by other major powers and Chinas neighbours. Filling a major gap in the existing literature, it presents a comprehensive overview of how China's rise is perceived in a wide range of countries and regions  these include China's neighbours, other world powers, the parts of China not part of mainland China - Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau - and regions of the world where China is having an unexpected impact, such as the Middle East. It also examines changing perceptions of China in the western media. Overall, the book demonstrates that whilst many countries and regions are much more positive about China's rise than they were before, considerable nervousness and concern persists.

Introduction - Herbert Yee  1. Power Transition Theory: A Challenge to the Peaceful Rise of World Power China - Edward Friedman  2. Core Elements in a Rising Chinas Foreign Policy and Key Issues in Sino-American Relations - Ming K. Chan  3. Chinas Rise and Russias Interests - Alexander Lukin  4. European Perspectives on Chinas Rise - Jean-Pierre Cabestan  5. Sino-Vatican Relations on Chinas Rise - Beatrice Leung  6. Middle-Eastern Perceptions of Chinas Rise - Yitzhak Shichor  7. Too Close for Comfort?: Japanese andlSl