When China Rules the World considers how China has become a
challenge to the West and is reshaping the global economy, but
may not replace the US if it cannot make further cultural and
institutional breakthrough. Ting Xu recommends this book to
anyone interested in not only China and its future, but also the
future of the West and the global world. When China Rules the
World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New
Global Order. Martin Jacques. 2nd Edition. Penguin Books. 2012.
812 pages. Martin Jacques is a highly distinguished British
scholar, writer and columnist. When China Rules the World, first
published in 2009, is among his most important publications.
Since then the book has been translated into eleven languages,
and sold nearly a quarter of a million copies worldwide. The
book’s focus on Asian modernity and the rise of China as a
global power is of course highly relevant for contemporary
concerns and interests in globalisation, as well as its
implications for evaluating an evolution from