30. Is China Catching Up with the West? Or, Why Should We Care about China’s Middle Class?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. I . CONTEXTUALIZING CHINA-US RELATIONS
5. 1. US-China Relations: How Did We Get Here, Where Can We Go? 19
6. 2. Is Engagement Still the Best US Policy for China? 31
7. 3. Why Is China America’s Favorite Threat? 38
8. 4. How Does China See America? 45
9. 5. How Is US Policy toward China Made? 53
10. 6. Who Gets into the Chinese Communist Party, and Who Rises up the Ranks? 61
11. II. GLOBAL ORDER
12. 7. Will the World Make Room for China in the New Global Order? 69
13. 8. Is China Trying to Undermine the Liberal International Order? 81
14. 9. Is China Changing the International Humanitarian Intervention Regime? 89
15. 10. Has China’s Economic Success Proven That Autocracy Is Superior to Democracy? 96
16. III. CHINA IN THE WORLD
17. 11. What Are the Implications for the United States as China Reshapes Its Overseas Image? 107
18. 12. How Can the United States Live with China’s Belt and Road Initiative? 119
19. 13. What Does China’s Increased Influence in Latin America Mean for the United States? 127
20. 14. Does the Rise of China Threaten the Transatlantic Partnership? 136
21. 15. Is China Competing with the United States in Africa? 144
22. 16. Should Western Nations Worry about the China-Russia Relationship? 151
23. IV. SECURITY
24. 17. How Will China’s National Power Evolve vis-à- vis the United States? 159
25. 18. How Does China Think about National Security? 171
26. 19. Is China a Challenge to US National Security? 177
27. 20. How Will Emerging Technologies and Capabilities Impact Future US-China Military Competition? 185
28. V. FLASHPOINTS
29. 21. Where Do Divergent US and Chinese Approaches to Dealing with North Korea Lead? 193
30. 22. How Does Taiwan Affect US-PRC Relations? 204
31. 23. Why Should Americans Care about Hong Kong? 211
32. 24. What Should Americans Know about Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang, and What Are US National Interests There? 219
33. 25. Why Did China Build and Militarize Islands in the South China Sea, and Should the United States Care? 230
34. VI. ECONOMICS
35. 26. Who Wins and Who Loses in the US-China Trade War? 239
36. 27. How Does Party-State Capitalism in China Interact with Global Capitalism? 250
37. 28. Will the Renminbi Rival the Dollar? 258
38. 29. How Can the United States Protect Its Intellectual Property from China’s Espionage? 265
39. 30. Is China Catching Up with the West? Or, Why Should We Care about China’s Middle Class? 274
40. VII. PUBLIC HEALTH, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
41. 31. Is US-China Climate Action Possible in an Era of Mistrust? 281
42. 32. What Can the United States Learn from China about Infrastructure? 294
43. 33. What Is at Stake in the US-China Technological Relationship? 302
44. 34. Has China Positioned Itself as a Leader in Big Tech Regulations? 311
45. 35. What Does It Mean That China Is the First Country to Land on the Dark Side of the Moon? 321
46. 36. Is US-China Global Health Collaboration Win-Win? 330
47. VIII. SOCIETY
48. 37. What’s #MeToo in China All About? 337
49. 38. Why Should the United States Support Civil Society in China and How? 348
50. 39. Do Confucius Institutes Belong on American Campuses? 355
51. 40. Should American Universities Engage with China? 365
52. IX. CULTURE
53. 41. Why Is Chinese Popular Culture Not So Popular Outside of China? 375
54. 42. What Can Western Audiences Learn about China from Its Twenty-First- Century Writers? 387
55. 43. How Does the Rising Chinese Market Reshape Global Art? 395
56. 44. Does Religion Matter in Bilateral Relations? 403
57. 45. Does Race Matter in US-China Relations? 410
58. 46. How Does the Past Serve the Present in Today’s China? 415
59. Contributors 423
60. Acknowledgments 431
61. Index 433