CONTENTS: Editor's Note: Suresh Nambath, INTRODUCTION: The China Puzzle-Ananth Krishnan, POLITICS: 1. Deciphering the China Conundrum-Vijay Gokhale, 2. Making History: Understanding Political Trends in the XI Jinping Era-Manoj Kewalramani, ECONOMY: 3. Juggernaut or Embers of a Dying Fire: China's Changing Technology Landscape and its Implications for India-Shobhankita Reddy and Pranay Kotasthane, 4. Superpower to Slowdown: How the Rise of an Economic and Trading Powerhouse Changed China and the World-Amit Kumar, CHINA AND INDIA: 5. The Evolution of India-China Relations: Past, Present, and Future Trends-Ashok K Kantha, 6. China's Military Modernisation and Implications for India-Lt. Gen. S L Narasimhan (Retd.), 7. The India-China Boundary Question: Lessons from the Past and Mapping its Future-Manoj Joshi, 8. The Present and Future of India-China Investment Relations-Santosh Pai, CHINA AND THE WORLD: 9. Reading the Tea Leaves: Chinese Debates on India's Place in the World and the Future of Bilateral Relations-Antara Ghosal Singh, 10. China and the Global South: Leadership through Influence-Veda Vaidyanathan, SOCIETY: 11. Evolving State-Society Relations in China-Poonam Surie, CONTRIBUTORS: Vijay Gokhale, Ashok K Kantha, Lt Gen. S L Narasimhan, Manoj Joshi, Poonam Surie, Manoj Kewalramani, Pranay Kotasthane, Shobhankita Reddy, Santosh Pai, Veda Vidyanathan, Amit Kumar, Antara Ghosal Singh.