The pew research center published its latest global survey on 18 july 2013 which shows that majorities or pluralities in 23 out of the 39 countries surveyed believed that china has surpassed or will soon surpass the united states as the leading power. 2013 china goes global the partial power by david shambaugh american foreign policy interests vol 35 perspective on east asian security issues pp 171 173. David shambaugh provides a comprehensive and highly academic account of both chinas foreign policy and its impact on the world stage with the overall thesis that china is in many respects a partial power as opposed to a global power like the united states. In his book china goes global the partial power david shambaugh a china expert at george washington university acknowledges chinas epochal metamorphosis from one of the poorest and some would argue insignificant countries in the world to one of the wealthiest he calls this transformation as many have before him the big story of our time yet shambaugh does not subscribe to the hype . Shambaughs book intends to reveal the big picture of chinas global approach without theoretical jargon to non specialist audiences worldwide the main conclusion is that china is as yet only a partial power not ready to be a global power and will never be able to rule the world