The New Chinese Empire : And What It Means For The United StatesThis past spring, the outbreak of SARS grabbed the attention of the world. The schizophrenic, paranoid way the Chinese government handled the outbreak perfectly illustrated the danger of a political system unaccountable to its citizens. In The New Chinese Empire , Ross Terrill assesses this government, and the central question it Is the People's Republic of China, whose polity is a hybrid of Chinese tradition and Western Marxism, willing to become a