Introduction: the rise of China and Asia's new dynamics / David Shambaugh
Part One: China and the changing Asian landscape
Return to the middle kingdom?: China and Asia in the early twenty-first century / David Shambaugh
China's regional strategy / Zhang Yunling and Tang Shiping
Part Two: The economic dimension
China's regional trade and investment profile / Hideo Ohashi
China's regional economies and the Asian region: building interdependent linkages / Robert F. Ash
Part Three: Politics and diplomacy
China-Japan relations: downward spiral or a new equilibrium? / Mike M. Mochizuki
China's ascendancy and the Korean peninsula: from interest reevaluation to strategic realignment? / Jae Ho Chung
Taiwan faces China: attraction and repulsion / Richard Bush
China and Southeast Asia: the context of a new beginning / Wang Gungwu
China's influence in Central and South Asia: is it increasing? / John W. Garver
China and Russia: normalizing their strategic partnership / Yu Bin
Part Four: Security
China's evolving regional security strategy / Bates Gill
China's regional military posture / Michael D. Swaine
Part Five: Implications for the United States
China's regional strategy and why it may not be good for America / Robert Sutter
China's rise in asia need not be at America's expense / David M. Lampton
Part Six: Implications for the Asian region
The transformation of the Asian security order: assessing China's impact / Jonathan D. Pollack
The evolving Asian order: the accommodation of rising Chinese power / Michael Yahuda.