Table of Contents

Introduction.- China’s Foreign Policy as a Rising Power.- The History-Informed IR Study on the Resurgence of China.- Philosophy, Culture and Sino-Japanese Relations.- Domestic Politics and China’s Assertive Foreign Policy: Why China’s Rise may not be Peaceful.- Useful Adversary: Foreign-Domestic Linkages in China’s relations with Japan (2010-15).- Understanding the Internationalization of the Renminbi.- China’s Arctic Diplomacy: Global and Regional Aspects.

About the Author

Tse-Kang Leng is Director of Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica (IPSAS) and Professor of Political Science at National Chengchi University. His research interests focus on political economy of globalization, local governance in China, and cross-Taiwan Strait relations. His academic works have appeared in Asian Survey, China Journal, Pacific Focus, Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Contemporary China studies, and chapters in edited volumes. 
Rumi Aoyama is Professor of Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, Japan. Her research specialties include Chinese foreign policy, China’s regional strategies, and Japan-China relationship. Her recent publications include China and the Future of International Order, (2015) and China’s Asia Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, (2013).