The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power
Selected as aFinancial TimesBest Book of 2013A Chosen Finalist for the 2013 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award"Provocative." --The New York Times"Scores of titles on every aspect of China's rise continue to appear. Most rehearse familiar themes and debates. Hugh White'sThe China Choiceis a rare exception that breaks new ground. It is also written in exceptionally lucid prose that reflects a bracing clarity of thought." --FinancialTimes"Erudition and a first-rate intellect, without the baggage of prejudice --a must-read. " --Bob Hawke, prime minister of Australia 1983-1991"Every student of Asian geopolitics will benefit from reflecting on the arguments inThe China Choice." --Walter Russell Mead, editor-at-large ofThe American Interest"The future of the US-China relationship is the single most significant and dangerous international issue of our time. Hugh White's book is a brilliant and incisive analysis of that relationship and contains vitally important recommendations for how its dangers may be avoided and peace secured. It is indispensable reading for both policy-makers and students of current affairs." --Anatol Lieven, King's College London, author ofAmerica Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism"Because I see many so many aspects of Chinese -- and US -- policy in a different light from the one Hugh White sheds on them in his book, I am the more sincere in urging attention to his analysis. Americans in particular will find it valuable to consider this trenchant assessment from a sympathetic but clinically detached perspective. Agree or disagree in the end, readers will be better off for understanding White's case." --James Fallows, national correspondent forThe Atlantic"Hugh White's book offers the finest synthesis to date of all the major questions facing East Asia. It is a provocative work imbued with intellectual integrity. It is about the biggest question in international affairs -- the future relationship between the United States and China. And the author's conclusions will satisfy no one, which is as it should be." --Robert D. Kaplan, chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor