World Leadership In The Balance: China And The Us Clash For Supremacy

by Pierre-antoine Donnet, Richard Lein (Translator)

Overview

China and the United States have entered a multifaceted cold war: trade, high tech, space, defense, environment and values as they jostle for influence throughout the world. This rivalry between the world's top two economic powers will likely dominate the decades to come and its outcome is uncertain. After the American century, this new century may indeed be China's, or it may not. With Joe Biden's election as president of the United States, we are certainly in for a change of leadership style. But in terms of substance, US policy towards China is likely to remain tough. How will Beijing react? What strengths and weaknesses does China have in this long struggle for supremacy against the United States? This book analyzes the different aspects of this disconcerting rivalry that has had, and will continue to have, an impact on our daily lives. The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed the failings of a monolithic Chinese system that does not tolerate freedom of expression but it has also, paradoxically, placed China in a position of strength against the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811235047
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Pierre-Antoine Donnet is a French writer and journalist. After completing degrees in political science in Strasbourg and Chinese at the Paris-based INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), he traveled to Asia to learn Chinese. Donnet then joined Agence France-Presse and his 37-year career with the news agency included postings in Beijing, Tokyo, Warsaw, Nicosia, the UN headquarters in New York as well as in Paris where he served as global editor-in-chief. Donnet used his travels to write several books on Asia including on Tibet and Japan. Tibet Mort ou Vif (Tibet Dead or Alive) won the Alexandra David-Néel prize in 1990. He also collaborated with celebrated French caricaturist Cabu on three graphic books and has written several works on the Auvergne region in France. Retired as a journalist, Donnet continues to write.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xvii

Chapter 1 Democracy in the Face of Dictatorship 1

Chapter 2 The Rivalry Between Two Economic Models 23

Chapter 3 The Great Partition of the World: Geostrategic Competition 43

Chapter 4 A Battleground for Two Titans: The Race for High-Tech Supremacy 73

Chapter 5 The Military Domain: A Silent Rivalry Where America Remains in Control of the Game 97

Chapter 6 The New Silk Roads: An Instrument of Chinese Expansionism 113

Chapter 7 Space: A New Target for Conquest 125

Chapter 8 Obstacles to Chinese Supremacy 133

Conclusion 159

Bibliography 163

Publications by the Author 181