China's future is neither inevitable nor immutable: it will be shaped by the choices made to address the multiple interlinked challenges that it faces.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: INSTITUTIONS AND INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNANCE -- 1 Xi Jinping and the Evolution of Chinese Leadership Politics -- 2 Grand Steerage -- 3 Anticorruption Forever? -- 4 Future of Central-Local Relations -- 5 Social Media and Governance in China -- PART II: DOMESTIC POLICY CHOICES AND CONSTRAINTS -- 6 Demographic and Health Care Challenges -- 7 Can China Achieve Inclusive Urbanization? -- 8 Human Capital and China's Future -- PART III: EXTERNAL AMBITIONS AND CONSTRAINTS -- 9 Sources and Shapers of China's Foreign Policy -- 10 China and the Global South -- 11 Bold Strategy or Irrational Exuberance? -- 12 All (High-Speed Rail) Roads Lead to China -- 13 China's Military Aspirations -- PART IV: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 14 China's National Trajectory -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.