num_pages: 92
description: Is China's rise unstoppable? Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens the latest technological advances and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism China seems poised to become the global superpower this century. But the Middle Kingdom also faces a series of challenges. From energy scarcity to environmental degradation to political unrest and growing global security burdens a host of factors could derail China's global ascent. In this edition of The Munk Debates  Canada's premier international debate series  former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and CNN's Fareed Zakaria square off against leading historian Niall Ferguson and world-renowned economist David Daokui Li to debate the biggest geopolitical issue of our Does the 21st century belong to China? Highly electrifying and thoroughly engrossing the Munk Debate on China is the first formal public debate Dr. Kissinger has participated in on China's future and includes exclusive interviews with Henry Kissinger and David Daokui Li.
language: English
title: Does the 21st Century Belong to China?: The Munk Debate on China
publisher: House of Anansi Press