The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an emerging world power, and yet is a state that must deal with the liabilities and opportunities of globalization. While integrating with the world economy, the PRC has had to articulate a defined role for itself as a world power.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is a newly emerging world power, and yet is still a developing state that must deal with the liabilities and opportunities of globalization. While integrating with the world economy, the PRC has had to articulate a newly defined role for itself as a world power. Moving beyond limited historical confines of bilateral relations with states in the Asia Pacific region, the PRC is developing a new perspective and arguably more sophisticated policy to deal with the changing international relations agendas of free trade, human rights, and security and economic cooperation. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the "Review of International Affairs".

1. China as a Rising World Power and its Response to 'Globalization' "Ronald C. Keith
"2. China's Growth Treadmill: Globalisation, human rights and international relations "Ann Kent
"3. The Chinese Diaspora, Foreign Investment and Economic Development in China "Alan Smart" and "Jinn-yuh Hsu
"4. China's WTO Implementation in Comparative Perspective: Lessons from the literatures on trade policy and regulation "Margaret Pearson
"5. China's Changing Perspective on the Development of an East Asian Free Trade Area "Kevin Cai
"6. New and Old Regionalism: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and cooperation and Sino-Central Asian Relations "Sun Zhuangzhi
"7. Review Articles: 'Engagement or Confrontation in the Era of Globalization and Democratization' "David Ding
"8. Book Review: The New Chinese Empire and What it means for the United States, by Ross Terrill "Cai Xu
"10. Book Review: Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing US-China Relations, 1989-2000, by David Lampton "Ronald C. Keith"