In china goes global eminent china scholar david shambaugh delivers the book that many have been waiting for a sweeping account of chinas growing prominence on the international stage thirty years ago chinas role in global affairs beyond its immediate east asian periphery was decidedly minor and it had little geostrategic power today however chinas expanding economic power has allowed . Second shambaugh rejects much of the current hype about china dominating the world the pew research center published its latest global survey on 18 july 2013 which shows that majorities or pluralities in 23 out of the 39 countries surveyed believed that china has surpassed or will soon surpass the united states as the leading power. China goes global the partial power by david shambaugh oxford new york oxford university press 2013 xvi 409pp figures tables us2995 cloth isbn 978 0 19 986014 2 this summer my son and i visited an air show in coastal maine world war two era planes were displayed alongside a small number of vets who discussed the war their planes and the political context in which . In china goes global eminent china scholar david shambaugh delivers the book that many have been waiting for a sweeping account of chinas growing prominence on the international stage thirty. In china goes global the partial power david shambaugh presents and defends the main argument of the book chinas influence is increasing globally and yet it still remains only a partial world power this book is a constructive answer to china threat see carpenter 2006 and when china rules the world see jacques 2009