Publisher's Synopsis
The prospect of a new, rapidly rising China poses both opportunities and challenges for regional community building in Asia Pacific. In this book, intellectual leaders from the region present their perspectives on China's development. Four chapters by Chinese authors analyze the domestic dynamics related to the country's political and economic development as well as its external economic and political/security relationships. Contributors from Japan, Korea, member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Australia/New Zealand cover the growing political influence of China in the region, it influence on regional security, and the implications of China's continuing economic growth. Five final chapters examine China's regional strategy toward Asia Pacific, Japan-China cooperation on regional community building, China's taking a greater role in regional security arrangements and the regional economic order and the cultural implications for the region of the rise of China.
