First published 2011
China commands 1.3 billion people, cutting-edge technology, and state-directed capitalism that propels its march toward global dominance. The Middle Kingdom confronts energy shortages, environmental destruction, political upheaval, and mounting security obligations that threaten to halt its ascent. Four intellectual titans clash over the century's most crucial geopolitical question at Canada's leading international debate forum. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger joins CNN's Fareed Zakaria to argue their position against historian Niall Ferguson and economist David Daokui Li. The debate marks Kissinger's first formal public discussion of China's trajectory. Exclusive interviews with Kissinger and Li provide additional insights into their thinking. The collision of these perspectives illuminates whether Chinese power will define the coming decades or whether internal and external pressures will constrain Beijing's ambitions.
Genres: history, international-relations, political-science, china, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: debate, intellectual-discourse
Setting: China, Canada
Period: 21st Century
92 pages · Paperback · House of Anansi Press