Chapter One A Real China I.Who Is China? Four Scenes about China 2 II."The Misconceptions" the Way in which We Understand China 13 III."A Colossus with Clay Feet?" the Challenges Confronted by China 21 Chapter Two China's Economic Take-off: Challenges and Solutions I.A Fascinating Economic Boom 34 II.The Dilemmas in the Development Process 43 IlL The Efforts to Promote Sound and Rapid Economic Development 59 IV.A Promising Road.China's Low Carbon Economic Pattern 71 Chapter Three Embracing New Challenges in the Social Transition and Development I.New Achievements: People's Expectation 81 II.New Challenges: Risks and Tests 97 III.New Opportunities: the Everlasting Impetus 116 IV.Social Governance Practice: Shenzhen Social Reform Boosts Social Transition and Development 130 Chapter Four Meet Challenges of Peaceful Development I.Economic Upheavals in the Post-Crisis World 138 II.Problems in the Security Sphere 143 III.Relations with the Outside World 151 IV.Nontraditional Security Threats 157 V.The Long Course of National Reunification and Anti-Secession 163 VI.Adhering to the Path of Peaceful Development 167 VII.Peace of the Taiwan Straits:Efforts of Mainland China in Promoting Peaceful Development of Cross-Straits Relations 175 Chapter Five The Road to the Future I.China's Pioneering Peaceful Development in the World 182 II.The Achievements and Challenges in Social Transformation 187 III.The Characteristics,Dilemmas and Efforts of China's Reform 193 IV.A Long Way to Go before China's Rise 199 V.China's Future 203
