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China and America square off

Africa’s eastern promise: What the West can learn from Chinese investment in Africa (and more). A review of The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa by Deborah Brautigam (and more). A review of China in Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores by R. Evan Ellis. The End of the Beijing Consensus: Can China's model of authoritarian growth survive? Eastern bloc rising: China and Japan’s emerging symbiosis could shift the locus of modern power completely away from the West (and more). Recent events and trends within Asia may well portend a stepped up pace for Asian regionalism — and heightened danger that the United States will find itself on the outside looking in. An Asian Century? Not so fast — the first global century is more like it. Why antagonize China?: The revitalization of Asian capitalism is the most important positive event in the world in the last 30 years. Don't panic about China: Why we should embrace — rather than fear — the next superpower. Dazzled by Asia: When will China lead the world? Don’t hold your breath. America on the Rise: Complaints of China's ascent and the US's collapse are overly pessimistic — and misguided. Warren I. Cohen, author of America’s Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations, on the China we’re stuck with. The biggest threat we face from China and other rivals isn’t a military one: James Fallows goes inside the battle to protect our online infrastructure from hackers, spammers, spies, and corporate thieves. A panel on Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It by Zachary Karabell. As China and America square off in the latest round of recriminations, how bad are relations really?