China On the Rise (August 3, 2006)

Abe Revitch recently returned from a trip to China and has agreed to lead a discussion on China.

With all eyes currently on the Middle East, we sometimes lose track of the fact that most foreign policy experts believe that the most important issue in U.S. foreign policy is our relationship with China. This ancient nation, the largest in the world, is emerging economically, politically, and militarily, and this will provide us plenty of material for this week's IIF discussion. We will be led by one of our regulars, Abe Revitch, who has just returned from a trip to China.

As usual, I am sending along some background information:
Early last year, Foreign Policy devoted most of one issue to a Special Report on China. Here is the link:
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I found this debate between Zbigniew Brzezinski and John J. Mearsheimer particularly interesting:
Clash of the Titans
Here are three recent articles that were sent to me by Rick Bruno, which deal with troubling aspects of U.S.-China relations:
China's Nuclear Diplomacy
Currency Manipulator?
The SCO and China's Reach

This article by Bill Gertz originally appeared as a two part series in The Washington Times:
Chinese Dragon Awakens

Here are three articles, one from Foreign Affairs and the other two from Atlantic Monthly, that present very different views about the future of our relationship with China:
Don't Break the Engagement
Managing China's Rise
How We Would Fight China

Here is an article on the rise of China that was originally published in Foreign Affairs:
China Takes Off

Here is an op/ed piece from the International Herald Tribune that points out some of the problems faced by China and by India, as well:
China and India: Giants unchained? Not so fast!