When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World

Soon China will rule the world.

But in doing so, it will not become more 'Western'.

Martin Jacques' celebrated book overturns conventional thinking about the ascendancy of China, showing how its impact will not just be economic, but cultural. As China's powerful civilization reasserts itself, it will signal the end of the global dominance of the Western nation-state, and a future of 'contested modernity'.

'Superb . . . A compelling and thought-provoking analysis.' Seth Faison, Washington Post

'A very forcefully written, lively book that is full of provocations and predictions.' Fareed Zakaria

'The West hopes that wealth, globalization and political integration will turn China into a gentle giant . . . But Jacques says that this is a delusion. Time will not make China more Western; it will make the West, and the world, more Chinese.' Economist

Incisive . . . A work of considerable erudition, with provocative and often counterintuitive speculations.' Joseph Kahn, The New York Times

This is a profound book, offering deep knowledge and understanding of China.' Munir Majid, The Edge, Singapore and Malaysia

Martin Jacques is one of Britain's foremost public intellectuals. A Visiting Senior Research Fellow at IDEAS, the London School of Economics' centre for diplomacy and grand strategy, a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and a Fellow of the Transatlantic Academy, Washington DC, Martin Jacques is widely respected as a leading global expert on what could prove to be the most important geopolitical event of the past 200 years: the rise of China. He was editor of Marxism Today from 1977 until the journal's closure in 1991, and has also worked as deputy editor of The Independent. He has been a columnist for the Times, the Guardian, the Observer, and the New Statesman, as well as writing for international publications such as the Financial Times, Economist, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Daily Beast, Volkskrant, Corriere della Sera, L'Unita, South China Morning Post, and Folha Des Paulo.