The China Nightmare

. . . well-informed and alarming . . . [Blumenthal] carefully situates his geopolitical analysis within the context of Chinese history and draws incisive conclusions about the dangers that a political or economic crisis in China might pose to the rest of the world.

* Publishers Weekly *

Dan Blumenthal’s The China Nightmare unmasks the sharp paradox at the heart of China’s strategy to unseat the US as the global leader: Beijing is chasing grand global designs even as the Chinese Communist Party is beset by vexing internal challenges. If Washington fails to respond with strength and dexterity, China will grow ever more dangerous. Blumenthal’s penetrating diagnosis of the challenges China poses and his compelling case for a new competitive strategy that exposes China’s weaknesses will shape Sino-American relations over the long term.

-- Rep. Liz Cheney, (R-WY)

A perfectly timed diagnosis of the threat that the Chinese Communist Party poses to the free world. Daniel Blumenthal explains what Chinese leaders want and how they intend to get it. The China Nightmare makes clear that if the Party were to achieve its ambitions, the world would be less free and less safe. The author also provides a compelling prescription for how the United States and like-minded partners must compete effectively to prevent the disease of authoritarianism from spreading.

-- H.R. McMaster

Dan Blumenthal’s The China Nightmare exposes the striking contradictions that bedevil China’s rise as a competitor to the United States: a desire to satisfy external ambitions while compensating for grave domestic weaknesses. Addressing this challenge will require deft and sophisticated responses, and US policymakers will not find a better guide to managing this rising but infirm colossus than Blumenthal’s book.

-- Ashley J. Te