[2] "American Opinion,"Wall Street Journal,September16,1999,p.A9.

[3] See Joseph Nye,"As China rises,must others bow?"The Economist,June27,1998,p.23.

[4] John Mearsheimer,The Tragedy of Great Power Politics(New York,W.W.Norton,2001),p.4.

[5] Thucydides,History of the Peloponnesian War(London:Penguin,1972),p.62.

[6] Fenby,Will China Dominate the21st Century?p.26.

[7] "Living up to the title,"Beijing Review,May22,2014,p.2;Daniel Gross,"Yes we can still market:Why US brands remain the world's most valuable,"The Daily Beast,June1,2014.

[8] Alexandra Raphel,"American economic power in decline?Rethinking the data in the context of globalization,"Journalist's Resource,February11,2014.

[9] Neil Irwin,"This one number explains how China is taking over the world,"Washington Post.com,December3,2013;"The once and future currency,"The Economist,March8,2014,p.80.

[10] South Reviews editorial,reprinted in Beijing Review,March27,2014,p.10.

[11] Toshiya Tsugami,"The future growth of China and security in East Asia,"paper presented to SPF-CSIS Joint Commission on the US-Japan Alliance,June24,2013.

[12] Sam Roberts,"In2025,India to pass China in population,US estimates,"New York Times,December16,2009.

[13] Richard McGregor,The Party:The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers(New York:Harper Collins,2010),p.30.

[14] James Steinberg and Michael O'Hanlon,Strategic Reassurance and Resolve:US-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century(Princeton:Princeton University Press,2014),pp.93,184.

[15] Evan Braden Montgomery,"Contested primacy in the Western Pacific,"International Security38,S