"Sam’s book is a timely reminder that our country’s greatest tools to meet any challenge from China include what we do to invest in our own competitive advantage, the promotion of human rights and working with other countries. Easy to read for folks who want an introduction to the current state of U.S.-China relations with plenty of heft for the serious China watcher." Rick Larsen, Member of Congress

“Challenging China outlines China’s enormous success of raising millions of people out of poverty while highlighting how China’s vision of a new world order is challenging western democracies. Drawing upon personal experiences and scholarly research the author provides us with well-defined steps to counter Chinese aggressiveness as well as to put our house in order” Nor Coquillard, president, Washington State China Relations Council

“It’s never been more difficult - or more necessary - for the world to find the right balance in how to approach China.  While there are many areas where the west must rightfully challenge China, there are also many others that require collaboration if we are to avoid out right hot conflict.  Sam has done a good job threading the needle between the challenges and opportunities, and in so doing, provides readers with a useful set of insights that can and should shape policy and political decisions.”  -- Benjamin Shobert, Author of Blaming China: It Might Feel Good But It Won’t Fix America’s Economy

In “Challenging China,” Sam Kaplan provides a richly detailed, compelling essay on the post-Hu Jintao leadership’s growing penchant toward authoritarianism, its impact on the people of China and its relations with the U.S. This book is a must-read, whether your focus is on China’s military, it’s economy, Taiwan, Tibet, and/or its relationship with the U.S. A self-described “non-China expert,” Kaplan has nonetheless spent much of his adult life professionally engaged with China and brings a keenly analytical eye to the wealth of experience he has accumulated. Joe Borich Past Consul General of U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, past president of Washington State China Relations Council