With contributions by a stellar and eclectic assemblage of China experts -- Geremie Barme, George T. Crane, Allen Chun, Prasenjit Duara, John Fitzgerald, Edward Friedman, Lucian W. Pye, James Townsend, Jonathan Unger, and Wang Gungwu -- this book provides conceptual insights that put us in a position to come to grips intellectually with the complex weave of Chinese nationalist sentiment today and in the future. The current thrust to make China rich and strong has begun to feed nationalist Chinese pride and potentially invites thoughts of Great Power muscle flexing. China's growing presence in the world economy over the past decade and even more salient role on the world political stage make of signal importance today whether Chinese nationalism remains relatively benign or becomes jingoistically assertive. In the mid-1990s the issue of Chinese nationalism looms large and deserving of the thoughtful analyses contained in this important book.