Any such moves would be closely monitored, and possibly mirrored, by India, which currently has about 100 warheads and harbors bitter memories of its defeat by China in a brief border war in 1962.

WSJ: U.S.-China Nuclear Silence Leaves a Void

In the Jamestown Foundation's China Brief Mr Lam catalogues how China's vast law-enforcement apparatus amassed huge power under Zhou Yongkang, especially since the 2008 Olympics and the unrest in Tibetan areas that year.

BBC: China: Trouble at the top?

China too experienced some brief unrest when food prices in the growing economy jumped some 40 percent in late 2010.

FORBES: Why More QE Isn't Coming

One thing that I was relieved to discover when I reached the end of the book was that, while I certainly gained new insights into many specific issues from reading it, nothing I came across in Awakening Giants caused me to wish I could go back and alter fundamentally anything about my own brief treatment of China-India comparisons in China in the 21st Century.

FORBES: Comparing China And India

His comments led to a brief toning down of fiery rhetoric in China.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The Olympic Games provide China with a chance to show the world how much it has achieved in a remarkably brief period of time.

NPR: Beijing Preps For Opening Of Olympics

In a brief interview with The Wall Street Journal on Saturday before they left China, Mr. Chen's wife, Yuan Weijing, said they had left the Beijing hospital where they had been staying without any interaction with Chinese officials.

WSJ: Chinese Activist's Departure Brings New Questions

Relations between India and China have been uneasy - the two countries dispute several Himalayan border areas and fought a brief war in 1962.

BBC: India and China row over new map in passport