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What is China rising to?

Baogang He (Deakin): Four Models of the Relationship between Confucianism and Democracy. Stephan Feuchtwang (LSE): Civilization and its Discontents in Contemporary China. Paul Stempel (USAF): The Soul of the Chinese Military: Good Order and Discipline in the People's Liberation Army. Alexander Vuving (APCSS): What is China Rising To? Assessing China's and America's Primacy Potentials. From the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, a special issue on Global Flows with Chinese Characteristics. China's continuing rise has put virtually every Western power on alert, but it would be a big mistake to see Chinese State Capitalism as inevitable. An interview with Tom Mullaney, author of Coming to Terms With the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China. A review of Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It is Heading by Jonathan Fenby. Alan Moran on why the rise of China is the real End of History. Caroline S. Hau on becoming “Chinese” — but what “Chinese”? — in Southeast Asia. One billion fans, one terrible team: Why is China’s national soccer team so bad?