The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World

China is up, China is down. China is a savior, China is a bully. China lifts millions out of poverty, China oppresses millions with its authoritarian rule. China will be richer than the United States, China will collapse with its first recession. China will rule the world, China will... well, what then? No one seems to be quite sure. Ho-fung Hung poses the question in The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World but leaves the answer for the future to tell.