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Introduction / Ron Huisken -- China's key bilateral relationships: partners or just peers? -- America. The outlook for US-China relations / Ron Huisken -- Closer and more balanced: China-US relations in transition / Jia Qingguo -- Japan. China-Japan relations at a new juncture / Zhang Tuosheng -- Japanese perspectives on the rise of China / Koji Watanabe -- India and Russia. Sino-Indian relations and the rise of China / Sandy Gordon -- The rise of Chindia and its impact on the world system / Zhao Gancheng -- Sino-Russian relations in the 'post'-Putin era / Yu Bin -- Alliances, military balances and strategic policy. How China thinks about national security / Xia Liping -- China's national defence: challenges and responses / Fan Gaoyue -- China's defence industries: change and continuity / Richard Bitzinger and J.D. Kenneth Boutin -- Multilateral processes: countering or reflecting regional cleavages? China's participation in Asian multilateralism: pragmatism prevails / Mingjiang Li -- The perils and prospects of dragon riding: reassurance and -- 'costly signals' in China-ASEAN relations / See Seng Tan -- 'Architectural alternatives or alternatives to architecture?' / Robert Ayson and Brendan Taylor.

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Asia looks and feels very different now compared to the days of the Cold War. The sense that Asia now works differently can be traced to a single source - the re-emergence of China. China was the dominant power in greater Asia for most of recorded history. This historical norm was interrupted from the early 19th century, too far into the past to be recognisable and readily accommodated by the actors in today's international arena. A powerful China feels new and unfamiliar. Arriving peacefully at mutually acceptable relationships of power and influence that are very different from those that have prevailed for the past half century will be a demanding process. The world's track record on challenges of this kind is not terrific. It will call for statesmanship of a consistently high order from all the major players, and building the strongest possible confidence among these players that there are no hidden agendas.

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