China Goes Global with David Shambaugh Go back »
2013-07-04 | Beijing
The European Union Chamber of Commerce invited the David Shambaugh, a leading expert in China studies, to present his new book China Goes Global – The Partial Power, to the Chamber audiences in Beijing on 2nd July, 2013.
In his new book, Shambaugh offers a comprehensive account of China’s prominence in the global arena and assesses China’s activities all across the work and among six different dimensions – perceptual, diplomatic, global governance, economic, cultural and strategic. He argues that China lacks influence in most international domains and is not the kind of challenge to global order and the United States that many argue it is.
He demonstrates China’s ambition by pointing to its growing military power and presence in diplomatic affairs, as well as its increasing cultural influence and the large role it plays in commercialism across the world.
In spite of its astronomic growth, the author argues that China’s influence is still more broad than deep and that it lacks the influence attributed to a major world power. Instead, it is a “partial power.”
This balanced and well-researched book, written by one of the most respected authorities on China, is a necessary read for anyone interested in the various aspects of growing Chinese global power.
