China

Overall, a good read and informative, although a little repetitive and even a bit dated by now. My only quibble is, and maybe (likely) I'm biased, but I think Shirk kind of gave short shrift to the pro-independence argument for Taiwan. Granted that this book is about contemporary politics, not history, but in backgrounding the Taiwan issue, she didn't even mention the civil war, which certainly made me question her credibility.

Otherwise, a good view on contemporary Chinese internal politics and how they affect the U.S. and international relations.