15. China and the United States in the Next Decade

Abstract

This article discusses the questions such as; What does the future hold for China and the United States in the next decade? Will the United States decline? How will China-US relations evolve? What are the challenges for China and the United States respectively? What kind of expectation can we have? from the different perspectives of experts and scholars on international relations, politics, economics, culture, science, and technology. It should be noted that with regard to the rise and decline of the United States people have different opinions, which arise out of different motivations. The United States was hit so hard by the financial crisis that many people thought that the capitalist development model or Washington Consensus was outdated, and thereby should be replaced by China’s development model or Beijing Consensus. Regarding international politics, the United States has displayed farsightedness in its behavior and actions. Keywords:capitalist development model; China; financial crisis; international politics; United States