Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping has emerged as Chinas most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping. The breathtaking economic expansion and military modernization that Xi inherited has led him to act on the belief that China can transform into a twentyfirstcentury superpower. In this collection leading scholars from the United States Asia and Europe examine both the prospects for Chinas continuing rise and the emergent and unintended consequences posed by Chinas internal instability and international assertiveness. Contributors examine domestic challenges surrounding slowed economic growth Xis anticorruption campaign and government efforts to maintain social stability. Essays on foreign policy range from the impact of nationalist pressures on international relations to Chinas heavyhanded actions in the South China Sea that threaten regional stability and USChina cooperation. The result is a comprehensive and uptodate analysis of current policy trends in Xis China and the implications of these developments for his nation the United States and East Asia.