De True Evil, de Greg Iles

"That future was China, an ancient empire reborn as industrial superpower, a single-minded engine of economic expansion that cared nothing for ethics, the environment, loss of life, or the destinies of other nations. This insured that in a very short time, China would be locked in a mortal combat with the only other monolitic power on the planet. And the United States was woefully unprepared for this Darwinian battle for survival."