The need to understand China has never been more pressing, yet the complexity of this ever-transforming giant doesn’t make that easy.

China expert Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom provides answers to the most urgent questions regarding the world’s newest superpower in a discussion of his book China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know. Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.

Co-sponsored by the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation and the Kansas City Chinese American Association.