Playing Our Game: Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten The West

In Playing Our Game, Edward Steinfeld offers a powerful challenge to the belief that China's rapid growth is eating away at America's geopolitical strength. Rather, China's rapid economic expansion has proceeded from the opening of its markets to the West and the adoption of Western rules and practices, and Chinese reformers and corporations will continue to rely on Western institutions for the foreseeable future. Playing Our Game is a convincing rejoinder to the China critics who worry about the decline of American power and values.

Edward Steinfeld is Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT, and is director of the MIT-China Program. He is the author of Forging Reform in China: The Fate of State-Owned Industry.