The China Choice

By Hugh White,

Book cover of The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power

Book description

China is rising. But how should the West - and the United States in particular - respond?

This could be the key geopolitical question of the twenty-first century, according to strategic expert Hugh White, with huge implications for the future security and prosperity of the West as a whole. The…

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1 author picked The China Choice as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Read this book for the stark portrait it offers of the contest between China and the US for Asia's leadership. You will never again read American bromides about Asia being central to its security interests in the same way.

White argues that America has three options for its Asia policy: it can compete with China for unchallenged leadership, concede leadership, or share power with Beijing. White has since said that it is too late for Washington to do anything but concede, and in my book, I part with him on this point.

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