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[Skim for Background] WU Xinbo, 1998, “China:  Security Practice of a Modernizing and Ascending Power,” in Muthiah Alagappa, ed., Asian Security Practice, pp. 115-156. [PDF file]

Aaron L. Freidberg, 2005, “The Future of U.S.-China Relations:  Is Conflict Inevitable?,” in International Security, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Fall):  pp. 7-45. [PDF file]

Jonathan KIRSHNER.  2010.  “The Tragedy of Offensive Realism:  Classical Realism and the Rise of China,” in European Journal of International Relations.  18 (1):  53-75. [PDF file ]

National Bureau of Asian Research.  2009.  “Roundtable:  Defining a Healthy Balance Across the Taiwan Strait,” in Asia Policy, 8, pp 10-15 and 33-39 (excerpts). [PDF file]

Ely RATNER.  2011.  “The Emergent Security Threats Reshaping China’s Rise,” in The Washington Quarterly (Winter), pp. 29-44. [PDF file ]

David M. LAMPTON.  2013.  “A New Type of Major-Power Relationship:  Seeking a Durable Foundation for U.S.-China Ties,” in Asia Policy, 16 (July), pp. 51-68. [PDF file ]

POWERPOINT SLIDES China's postwar history and economic development: [PDF file ]

Perspectives on China [ PDF file]