Hu, an economist and researcher in Hong Kong, considers China's strategic priorities in becoming a global superpower from a variety of perspectives. She discusses new China-US, China-Europe, China-Russia, China-Japan, and China-emerging neighbor relations, as well as China's role in international organizations and the importance of communication; policy in fiscal, tax, population, income, and environment reforms; the strategy to promote renminbi as a world reserve currency; China's pension system structure and challenges, as well as lessons learned from international systems; local government debt; its current economy and growth and how it can become a superpower; labor costs and issues; shale gas as energy strategy; new sources of growth in structural reforms and technological innovations; the global impact of the US quantitative easing exit; Japan's stimulus policy of brinksmanship; China's investment strategy; reshoring of US manufacturing; the strengths of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries; China's long-term strategy in Africa; the use of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for investment; and cybersecurity. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less