China - The Balance Sheet - What The World Needs To Know Now About The Emerging Superpower : The Balance Sheet - What the World Needs to Know About the Emerging Superpower

China's emergence as a major international power is perhaps the most important development in world affairs of the 21st century. Now, this book provides an indispensable survey of that country, the world's largest--"a vast land with 1.4 billion people and the world's most dynamic economy. Over the past year Dr. Bates Gill, holder of the Freeman Chair at CSIS, and C. Fred Bergsten, president of IIE, have led four task forces through a rigorous exercise of investigation and intelligence, compiling and analyzing the authoritative data on China's economy, foreign and domestic policy, and national security. Now that material has been shaped into an accessible narrative filled with facts, but written for the general reader. The expert judgments presented in