Every day and everywhere, China figures prominently in global attention: companies and banks weigh billions in investments; hedge fund managers assess and speculate on downside risks; commodity traders and natural resource producers salivate over Chinaâe(tm)s energy appetite; intelligence agencies carefully track Chinaâe(tm)s growing global footprint; militaries monitor Chinaâe(tm)s growing military capabilities; diplomats grapple with a new assertiveness in Chinaâe(tm)s diplomatic posture; scholars try to understand the shifting dynamics and sources of Chinaâe(tm)s behaviour; while journalists track the latest changes in Chinaâe(tm)s economy, polity, and society.

Charting Chinaâe(tm)s Future provides informed analysis on the complexities of todayâe(tm)s China, and where these complexities may lead, from some of the worldâe(tm)s leading Asia experts. The contributors have provided clear, intelligible, and forward-looking analyses, free of social science jargon and extensive footnotes. Probing into many of the key domestic and external issues facing China today from political, economic and social perspectives the book proffers a forward-looking analysis that will appeal to anyone with a professional, academic or personal interest in the big issues facing today's China and its interaction with the world. Readers will find much to contemplate about Chinaâe(tm)s future in this volume, and will gain a clearer sense of the key variables and possible trajectories of one of the most consequential countries on the planet.