Number: RL30757
Title: China's Emergence as a Major Economic Power: Implications for U.S. Interests
Authors: Dick K. Nanto and Radha Sinha, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report examines China's current growth rate in terms of where it is at the beginning of the 21st century, the sources of that growth, and certain constraints and negative effects of its rapid development. It also provides projections of China's gross domestic product to the year 2025 and examines certain international implications of China's emergence as a major economic power, such as future competition for natural resources and certain sovereignty and territorial issues.
Pages: 36
Date: Updated November 20, 2000