China's International Relations in Asia, (4 Volume Set)

The startling growth of China’s economic and military power, as well as its cultural influence, is having a huge impact on the rest of the world. The key region to observe this impact is, of course, Asia and the past decade has witnessed significant and multi-faceted changes in China’s policy toward its Asian neighbours and in the relations between them. The strategic dimension of China’s approaches to Asian international relations is increasingly a focal point in the scholarly community and policy-making circles. However, views on the strategic impact of China’s rise on Asia’s political and security future are polarized, with some believing that China’s regional policy is an intentional attempt to challenge the US supremacy in Asia, or who are simply suspicious of China’s long-term regional ambitions.

Volume I of this new Routledge Major Work collection examines China’s long-term strategy in Asia, and Volume II looks at China and non-traditional security in Asia. Volume III focuses on China and Asian regionalism, while Volume IV assembles the best scholarship on the response of Asian states to the rise of China and how China’s rise and its increasing influence in the region have changed the foreign and security policy of those regional states and their domestic political economies.

China’s International Relations in Asia is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context.

Volume I : China and The Changing Strategic Dynamics in Asia

Part 1 : China’s Regional Strategic Environment
Chapter 1 : America’s Grand Design in Asia’, The Washington Quarterly
Chapter 2 : Balance of Power Politics and The Rise of China : Accommodation and Balancing in East Asia’, Security Studies
Chapter 3 : Strategic Hedging and The Future of Asia-Pacific Stability’, The Washington Quarterly
Chapter 4 : Japan, Australia, and The United States : Little NATO or Shadow Alliance?’, International Relations of The Asia-Pacific

Part 2 : China and Strategic Interactions in NorTheast Asia
Chapter 5 : Explaining Chinese Foreign Policy toward North Korea : Navigating Between The Scylla and Charybdis of Proliferation and Instability’, Journal of Contemporary China
Chapter 6 : China’s "New Thinking" on Japan’, The China Quarterly
Chapter 7 : Chinese NorTheast Asia Policies and The Tragedy of NorTheast Asia’s Security Architecture’, Global Change, Peace & Security

Part 3 : China’s Strategic Role in SouTheast Asia
Chapter 8 : SouTheast Asia–China Relations : Dialectics of "Hedging" and "Counter-Hedging"’, SouTheast Asian Affairs
Chapter 9 : China’s Rise in SouTheast Asia : Implications for The United States’, Journal of Contemporary China
Chapter 10 : China, The United States, and Mainland SouTheast Asia : Opportunism and The Limits of Power’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 11 : Great Powers and Hierarchical Order in SouTheast Asia’, International Security

Part 4 : China’s Strategic Involvement in South Asia
Chapter 12 : China’s Naval Ambitions in The Indian Ocean’, The Journal of Strategic Studies
Chapter 13 : How to Approach The Elephant : Chinese Perceptions of India in The Twenty-first Century’, Asian Affairs
Chapter 14 : Tibet and its Neighbors : Moving toward a New Chinese Strategy in The Himalayan Region’, Asian Survey
Chapter 15 : Sino-American Relations in The Post Cold War Era : Implications for South Asia’, China : An International Journal

Part 5 : China and The Strategic Game in Central Asia
Chapter 16 : China Turns West : Beijing’s Contemporary Strategy Towards Central Asia’, Pacific Affairs
Chapter 17 : China’s Security Interests in Central Asia’, Central Asian Survey
Chapter 18 : Averting a New Great Game in Central Asia’, The Washington Quarterly
Chapter 19 : Exploring The Prospect of China’s Peaceful Emergence in East Asia’, Asian Affairs

Volume II : China and Non-Traditional Security in Asia

Part 6 : Non-Traditional Security : The Contemporary Context
Chapter 20 : Broadening The Concept of Security in East and SouTheast Asia : The Impact of The Asian Financial Crisis and The September 11 Incident’, Journal of Contemporary China

Part 7 : China’s Energy Security
Chapter 21 : The Energy Factor in China’s Foreign Policy’, Journal of Chinese Political Science
Chapter 22 : A Chinese View of China’s Energy Security’, Journal of Contemporary China
Chapter 23 : SouTheast Asia and Energy : Gateway to Stability’, China Security
Chapter 24 : Maritime Claims and Energy Cooperation in The South China Sea’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 25 : China’s Global Search for Energy Security : Cooperation and Competition in Asia-Pacific’, Journal of Contemporary China
Chapter 26 : Sino-Japanese Energy Security and Regional Stability : The Case of The East China Sea Gas Exploration’, East Asia
Chapter 27 : China’s Performance in International Resource Politics : Lessons from The Mekong’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia

Part 8 : China’s Economic Security
Chapter 28 : Foreign Acquisition in China : Threat or Security?’, China Security
Chapter 29 : Financial Opening and Financial Security’, Chinese Journal of International Politics

Part 9 : China and Environmental Issues
Chapter 30 : Trickle-down Hegemony? China’s "Peaceful Rise" and Dam Building on The Mekong’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 31 : International Economic Integration and Environmental Protection : The Case of China’, International Studies Quarterly
Chapter 32 : China’s Strategic Priorities in International Climate Change Negotiations’, The Washington Quarterly
Chapter 33 : Knowledge and Climate Change Policy Coordination in China’, East Asia
Chapter 34 : Japan’s Environmental Cooperation with China During The Last Two Decades’, Asia-Pacific Review

Part 10 : Social Dimensions of China’s Non-Traditional Security
Chapter 35 : The Regionalization of Avian Influenza in East Asia : Responding to The Next Pandemic (?)’, Asian Survey
Chapter 36 : International Security Challenges Posed by HIV/AIDS : Implications for China’, China : An International Journal
Chapter 37 : China, Xinjiang, and The Transnational Security of Central Asia’, Critical Asian Studies

Volume III : China and Asian Regional Multilateralism

Part 11 : Historical and Contemporary Contexts
Chapter 38 : Changing Regions and China : Historical Perspectives’, China Report
Chapter 39 : Issues in Regional Integration of East Asia : Conflicting Priorities and Perceptions’, Asia-Pacific Review
Chapter 40 : Strategic Regionalism in East Asia’, Review of International Studies

Part 12 : Continuity and Changes in Chinese Approach
Chapter 41 : Nationalism and Multilateralism in Chinese Foreign Policy : Implications for SouTheast Asia’, The Pacific Review
Chapter 42 : Multilateralism in China’s ASEAN Policy : Its Evolution, Characteristics, and Aspiration’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 43 : The Evolution of Preventive Diplomacy in The ASEAN Regional Forum : Problems and Prospects’, Asian Survey
Chapter 44 : Helping to Keep The Peace (Albeit Reluctantly) : China’s Recent Stance on Sovereignty and Multilateral Intervention’, Pacific Affairs
Chapter 45 : The Shanghai Co-operation Organization’, Asian Affairs

Part 13 : China’s Regional Economic Multilateralism
Chapter 46 : The ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement and East Asian Regional Grouping’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 47 : The Prospects of The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) : A Qualitative Overview’, Journal of The Asia Pacific Economy
Chapter 48 : China’s Cross-Regional FTA Initiatives : Towards Comprehensive National Power’, Pacific Affairs
Chapter 49 : Development of China’s Overland Transportation Links with Central, South-west and South Asia’, The China Quarterly

Part 14 : Greater China and East Asian Regionalism
Chapter 50 : Greater China and East Asian Integration : Regionalism and Rivalry’, East Asia
Chapter 51 : Greater China : Powerhouse of East Asian Regional Cooperation’, East Asia
Chapter 52 : Ethnic Chinese Business Networks and The Asia-Pacific Economic Integration’, Journal of Asian and African Studies

Part 15 : China and The Prospect of East Asian Integration
Chapter 53 : The Rise of China and The Future of East Asian Integration’, Asia-Pacific Review
Chapter 54 : NorTheast Asian Economic Integration : A Region in Flux’, Asia-Pacific Review
Chapter 55 : Trilateral Trade Relations among China, Japan and South Korea : Challenges and Prospects of Regional Economic Integration’, East Asia
Chapter 56 : East Asia’s Changing Regional Architecture : Towards an East Asian Economic Community?’, Pacific Affairs

Volume IV : East Asia Responds to a Rising China

Part 16 : Contentions over Historical Memory and Identity
Chapter 57 : The Importance of "OThering" in China’s National Identity : Sino-Japanese Relations as a Stage of Identity Conflicts’, The Pacific Review
Chapter 58 : The Koguryo Controversy, National Identity, and Sino-Korean Relations Today’, East Asia
Chapter 59 : War-like History or Diplomatic History? Contentions Over The Past and Regional Orders in NorTheast Asia’, Australian Journal of International Affairs
Chapter 60 : SouTheast Asia and China : The Role of History and Culture in Shaping Future Relations’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia

Part 17 : Big Powers, Small Powers, Variegated Responses to China
Chapter 61 : US Security Strategy in Asia and The Prospects for an Asian Regional Security Regime’, Asia-Pacific Review
Chapter 62 : NeiTher Friends Nor Foes : China’s Dilemmas in Managing its Japan Policy’, China : An International Journal
Chapter 63 : The Dragon and The Elephant : Chinese-Indian Relations in The 21st Century’, The Washington Quarterly
Chapter 64 : China and Cambodia : In The Mirror of History’, Asia-Pacific Review
Chapter 65 : Burgeoning Sino-Thai Relations : Heightening Cooperation, Sustaining Economic Security’, China : An International Journal
Chapter 66 : Strategy and Evolution of Vietnam’s China Policy : A Changing Mixture of Pathways’, Asian Survey
Chapter 67 : The Essence of Hedging : Malaysia and Singapore’s Response to a Rising China’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 68 : Who’s Socializing Whom? Complex Engagement in Sino-ASEAN Relations’, The Pacific Review

Part 18 : The Economic Impact of China’s Rise
Chapter 69 : The Competitive Impact of China on SouTheast Asia’s Labour Markets’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2005
Chapter 70 : Chinese Outward Direct Investment in SouTheast Asia : How Big are The Flows and What Does it Mean for The Region?’, The Pacific Review
Chapter 71 : Is China an Economic Threat to SouTheast Asia?’, Asian Survey
Chapter 72 : Ethnicity and Capital : Changing Relations Between China and SouTheast Asia’, Journal of Contemporary Asia

Part 19 : China and Asia’s Emerging New Order
Chapter 73 : Getting Asia Wrong : The Need for New Analytical Frameworks’, International Security
Chapter 74 : SouTheast Asia and China : Balancing or Bandwagoning?’, Contemporary SouTheast Asia
Chapter 75 : Asia … Whose Asia? A "Return to The Future" of a Sino-Indic Asian Community’, The Pacific Review