When China rules the world: the end of the western world and the birth of a new global order

The changing of the guard

The end of the Western world: The rise of the West ; Japan : modern but hardly western ; China's ignominy ; Contested modernity

The age of China: China as an economic superpower ; A civilization-state ; The Middle Kingdom mentality ; China's own backyard ; China as a rising global power ; When China rules the world ; Concluding remarks: The eight differences that define China ; Afterword: After the financial crisis : the beginning of the Chinese world order

Appendix: The overseas Chinese.

Major periods in Imperial China

The changing of the guard

The End of the Western World

The rise of the West

Japan: modern but hardly western

China's ignominy

Contested modernity

The Age of China

China as an economic superpower

A civilization-state

The Middle Kingdom mentality

China's own backyard

China as a rising global power

When China rules the world

Concluding remarks: the eight differences that define China

The overseas Chinese.