Our worldwide cover this week introduces an in-depth look at China. Economists are reconsidering predictions that the size of its gdp will zoom past America’s. The most plausible forecasts now suggest the two countries will approach economic parity in the next decade or so—and remain locked in this position for decades to come. How might China handle this flatter trajectory? And what implications does it have for its rivalry with America?

Leader: Is Chinese power about to peak?
Briefing: How soon and at what height will China’s economy peak?
Briefing: How Xi Jinping plans to narrow the military gap
Briefing: How China measures national power
Briefing: The fall of empires preys on Xi Jinping’s mind
Briefing: China learns to manage decline