When China Rules the World, by Martin Jacques

This is a flawed book, but still worth reading. The chapter on Japan seems to not fit, the brevity and lack of clarity in the final discussion on what a China -dominant world implies, and some other nits.

China's economic growth is, of course, a key factor, and Jacques argues that there's an accompanying cultural implication to the world stage -- but the absence of an interesting discussion about the implications of this are one of the weaknesses of his book.

Bottom line: read it anyway.