The author provides a study on the rise of China and its effective yet controversial model of development. China's rise, according to the author, is not the rise of an ordinary country, but the rise of a different type of country: a country sui generis, a civilizational state.This Chinese best-seller is a geopolitical book for our times. It provides an original, comprehensive &​ engrossing study on the rise of China &​ its effective yet controversial model of development, &​ has become a centrepiece of an unfolding debate within China on the nature &​ future of the world's most populous nation &​ its possible global impact.