Which Germany Should Modern China Emulate?

July 5, 2014 Topic: History Region: China

Which Germany Should Modern China Emulate?

China is clearly a great power on the rise. German history offers two possible paths: Bismarck or Wilhelm II. Which will Beijing choose? 

James Holmes is Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College and coauthor of Red Star over the Pacific, just out through the China Academy of Social Sciences. The views voiced here are his alone.