American Tianxia: The United States as the New “Middle Kingdom”
Journal: The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)
Year: 2017

The United States as the New "Middle Kingdom"The rise of China in the wake of the slow relative decline of the United States has been the overarching narrative of global studies since the beginning of this century.Is this narrative correct?China's growth is slowing as it reaches middle income status and the United States is still overwhelmingly more wealthy and powerful than China.If China will someday "overtake" the United States, it will not happen for decades or centuries, depending what is m