Edited by Allen Carlson and Ren Xiao - Contributions by Mark W. Frazier; Wu Fuzuo; Paul H. B. Godwin; Yufan Hao; You Ji; Cheng Li; Zhu Liqun and James T. H. Tang

The book presents the views of leading Chinese and American scholars working in the fields of Chinese foreign policy, national security and international political economy. It seeks to challenge the conventional wisdom about China's recent rise, contending it is a much more complex and contested trend than it has often been portrayed to be.

Chapter 1 Introduction. A Time of Some Significance: The People's Republic at Sixty and New Frontiers in Chinese Foreign Relations Part 2 Part I: Foreign Relations Chapter 3 Chapter 1. The Moral Dimension of Chinese Foreign Policy Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Unconventional Sources of Chinese Insecurity: What The Emergence of NTS Concerns within Chinese Foreign Policy and National Security Circles Reveals about China's "Rise" Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Shaping China's Foreign Policy: The Paradoxical Role of Foreign-Educated Returnees Part 6 Part II: Domestic-Foreign Policy Nexus Chapter 7 Chapter 4. The Economic Factor in Chinese Foreign Policy Chapter 8 Chapter 5. China's Domestic Policy Fragmentation and "Grand" Strategy in Global Politics Part 9 Part III: National Security Concerns Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Security Policy and China's Defense Modernization: A Sixty-Year Perspective Chapter 11 Chapter 7. Strategic Priority and Choice: China's Search of Security in an Era of Multiple Threats Chapter 12 Chapter 8. Pragmatic Compliance: China's Policy toward Multilateral Export Control Regimes Part 13 Part IV: Emerging and Future Issues Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Chinese Foreign Policy Challenges: Periphery as Core Chapter 15 Chapter 10. China's Foreign Policy in a Globalized World: Challenges and Opportunities