if, as I have argued elsewhere (Henderson 2008),we are now witnessing the gradual emergence of a new form of globalisation, consistent with the rise of china and perhaps, eventually,other asian powers,then it is likely that this form will be fashioned initially from the chinese form of capitalism,a form that Nee and Opper(2007) refer to as politicised capitalism'. If it is,then the coming globalisation is likely to be driven by an emergent 'great power' that in many ways is quite distinct from those that have driven earlier form of globalisation.