China's rise : challenges and opportunities

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chronology of Main Events -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 China's Challenge to the Global Economic Order -- The Systemic Challenge -- Global Implications -- A New Approach -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 China Debates Its Future -- Role of Policy Intellectuals -- Current Dynamics -- Reevaluation of Reform -- Debating Development -- Policy Response -- Democracy Debated -- Official Line Weighs In -- Foreign Policy: Rise of Nationalism or Peaceful Rise? -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 3 Democracy with Chinese Characteristics? Political Reform and the Future of the Chinese Communist Party -- Evolution of China's Political Reform: Instrumental, Incremental, and Idiosyncratic -- Putting Theory into Practice -- Rhetoric Versus Reality -- Ongoing Support for the Party -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 4 Center-Local Relations: Hu's in Charge Here? -- From Decentralization to Recentralization -- Current Factors Causing Center-Local Friction -- How Center-Local Relations Affect Key Policies (and Why the United States Should Care) -- What It Means for Hu and Wen -- Steps the Center Is Taking -- Implications for the United States and Policy Recommendations -- Chapter 5 Corruption in China: Crisis or Constant? -- Corruption Rising to a Plateau -- Threat of "Local Kleptocracies" -- Is the Party Over? -- Causes of Corruption Debated -- Combating Corruption-Is China Campaigned Out? -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 6 Sustaining Economic Growth in China -- Sources of China's Economic Growth -- Rethinking China's Growth Strategy -- Promoting Consumption-Driven Growth -- China's Pursuit of Consumption-Driven Growth -- Glass Half Full or Half Empty? -- Chapter 7 Energy Implications of China's Growth -- Evolution of Energy Demand in China -- Investment-Led Energy Surprise -- Local and Global Implications.