ABSTRACT
If we step back and consider China’s rapid international ascent within the confines of the world’s past 300 years of history, some intriguing parallels emerge. China’s rise appears in many ways to be propelled by the same historical forces associated with the climb to international prominence of other great powers. Although each of these industrial powers charted its own course, buffeted by different historical and social currents, they all undertook a form of capitalist development.
