<DIV><DIV>Eight separate essays provide the reader with a unique perspective of where China will stand by the end of the current decade.The essays cover the following topics: China’s internal politics; China’s military; China’s economy; China’s international image and its international relations; China’s legal development and; China’s western regional development plans. This book assesses where these issues stand today and highlight their likely trajectory over the following decade. It provides an informed and objective judgement on where things will stand by the year 2020. A unique feature of this book is that it looks in particular at the policy impact, both for China and other countries, and the most and least likely outcomes for China’s development in these areas.</DIV></DIV>