
The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
Professor Thomas J. Christensen takes issue with the view of China as a rival to the United States. In The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power, he argues that Chinese leadership faces countless internal issues — especially the threat of domestic instability — that prevent the country from being considered a global “peer competitor.”

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