Rise of China : Beijing's Strategies and Implications for the Asia-Pacific

This book examines every aspect of Beijing's stragegies, ranging from political, economic and social challenges, to the Taiwan and Hong Kong issues, to the implications of these strategies in terms of China's place within the Asia Pacific, and indeed within the world system.

Part I: Overview 1. The Rise of China: An Overall Assessment Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Cheng-yi Lin (with the assistance of L. C. Russell Hsiao) Part II: Discourse on the Rise of China 2. China's Grand Strategy of "Peaceful Rise": A Prelude to a New Cold War?Masako Ikegami 3. The Domestic Origin of China's Rise and Its International Impact: The Party-State Developmental SyndicateSzu-chien Hsu Part III: Domestic Consequences: Social Unrest and Economic Challenges 4. Growing Social Unrest and Emergent Protest Groups in ChinaChih-jou Jay Chen5. China's Economic Development and Its Challenges To-far Wang Part IV: External Strategies to Asia-Pacific and Implications 6. China's Policies towards the Asia-Pacific Region: Changing Perceptions of Self and Changing Others' Perceptions of China?Rosemary Foot 7. The Rise of China and Territorial Disputes Srikanth Kondapalli8. China's Policies toward the SCO and ARF: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region Chien-peng Chung Part V: Regional Reactions to China's Rise 9. America's Perspective on China's RiseBruce Cumings 10. Japan's Views on the Rise of China and Its Implications: Bureaucratic Interests and Political ChoicesYoshifumi Nakai 11. Beijing's Strategy and Implications for IndiaVikram Sood 12. The Rise of China and Implications for Southeast Asia: A Philippine PerspectiveCarolina G. Hernandez13. Hong Kong Citizens' Evaluations of the "One Country, Two Systems" Practice: Assessing the Role of Political Support for China Timothy Ka-ying Wong and Shirley Po-san Wan 14. A Rising China and Hu Jintao's Taiwan Policies Wen-cheng Lin and Cheng-yi Lin Glossary