Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has sought to place China at the summit of the international system. Under Xi Jinping, that singular ambition is reshaping both the country and the world beyond its borders.In Forging the Future: Power & Politics In Xi's China, editors Arran Hope and Peter Mattis bring together leading analysts to explain how the Party understands, builds, and deploys power. The contributors examine how the Party sees its place in the world today, how it works to win support for that vision, and how it undermines existing institutions and norms of global governance. They also bring to light little-studied aspects of its drive to become a science and technology superpower, drawing on overseas resources to accelerate both its innovation capabilities and its military modernization.From pressure on Taiwan to the contest over artificial intelligence, the book traces a strategy that reaches across economies, societies, and borders. For readers seeking to understand China’s direction, Forging The Future offers a clear account of its leaders’ intentions and the machinery behind its rise. It also explores what Beijing’s growing power means for democratic nations, and why their response will help determine the future of the international system.The book traces how everything from One Belt One Road projects across, the multi-domain degradation of the status quo with Taiwan, and cutthroat competition over artificial intelligence and other crucial technologies of the future form a complex strategy both visible and invisible. It also unveils the networks through which the Party seeks to extend its influence beyond the PRC’s borders. Examining the Party’s overseas united front efforts to cultivate relationships, shape narratives, and buy acquiescence toward Beijing’s interests, it raises difficult questions about foreign influence and the resilience of open institutions.This book also examines the United Front Works Department through Cheryl Yu's groundbreading chapter titled, Harnessing the People: Mapping Overseas United Front Work in Democratic States. It highlights that Canada is the most perpetrated country in the free world on a per capita basis with 575 United Front organization identified though their comprehensives research. Canadian Senator, Yuen Pau Woo went as far as to exclaim that the report was some form of foreign interference. Long live the written word. Historians, foreign diplomats, politicians and inquisitive readers will want a copy of this ground-breaking book.