Keshava Guha

China’s rapid economic rise since 1980 is living representation of John F. Kennedy’s famous aphorism, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” Quite apart from lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, China has spawned a thriving growth industry of academic and popular writing. Scarcely a month goes by without a new book “explaining” China’s ascent or attempting to predict its future, or its implications for the United States.