Explaining China's Proactive Engagement in Asia / Li Mingjiang -- The PLA's Role in China's Regional Strategy / Qi Dapeng -- The Politics and Economics of China's Economic Presence in the Region: A Preliminary Empirical Assessment / Liang Ruobing -- India and China: Confidence Building through Crises / Swaran Singh -- Indonesia-China Relations: The Politics of Re-engagement / Rizal Sukma -- Japan: Re-engaging with China Meaningfully / Haruko Satoh -- Dancing with China: Comparing Thailand and Malaysia's Experiences / Joseph Liow and Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman -- Pakistan-China Relations: the Shadow of Kargil and 9/11 / Fazal-ur-Rahman -- Waltzing with Goliath: Philippine Engagement with China in Uncharted Waters Aileen Baviera, Russia and China: the Politics of Solving Problems / Alexander Lukin -- Living Dangerously? South Korea's Complex Cohabitation with a Rising China / Jae Ho Chung -- Grand Strategic Fit and Power Shift: Explaining Turning Points in China-Vietnam Relations / Alexander Vuving -- Conclusion: Living with China, but Loving It? / Amitav Acharya
Summary
Although debating China's rise and its implications for Asia and beyond has become a cottage industry and much ink has been spilled on whether China is going to be benign or malign power and how other states ought to deal with China, few have bothered to tell the real stories of how China's neighbors have been living with a rising China. This book fills this vacuum. Many contributors in this volume have direct access to and have been often consulted by policy-making bodies in their respective countries and thus have intimate knowledge of their countries' way of living with China
