This book addresses one of the most significant issues in international strategic studies today: how to meet the challenge of a rising China? One of the key issues is whether this rapid rise will be peaceful or disruptive to the existing international order. China's emerging grand strategy links political, economic, and military means in an effort to advance the twin goals of national security and great-power status. Politically, China pursues multilateral and bilateral diplomacy to mute threat perceptions and to convince others of the benefits of engagement and the counterproductive consequences of containment. Economically, China nurtures relations with diverse trading partners and sources of foreign investment, weaving a network of economic relations to limit the leverage of any single partner in setting the terms of China's international economic involvement. Militarily, China seeks to create some breathing space for modernization of its armed forces. In this volume, a group of leading scholars examine the strategic, military, economic, and political challenges facing the rise of China in the new century.The book will be of great interest to all students of Asian Politics, International Security, and US foreign policy, as well as International Relations in general.