APEC and the rise of China : an introduction / Lok Sang Ho and John Wong -- Designing Asia-Pacific economic cooperation / Chien-peng Chung -- Rebalancing relations between East Asian and trans-Pacific institutions : evolving regional architectural features / Zhongying Pang -- Will China become an engine of growth for the region? / Yiping Huang -- China's economic rise and regional trade / Rafael Leal-Arcas -- The role of China in Asia-Pacific trade framework in the context of APEC / Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh, Im-Soo Yoo and Lionel Wei-Li Liong -- Toward an effective (more or less) monetary union in Asia / Lok Sang Ho -- On the reform of RMB exchange rate : a middle ground solution / Bin Zhang and Xiuping Hua -- Continuing the APEC agenda and the evolving regional institutional architecture in the context of an ermerging Asia / Khee Giap Tan and Shu Wen Chiang
Summary
Intra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. China's economy is expanding rapidly, and has already passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. It is clearly producing a huge im