Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1) The Idea of Responsibility: China Looking Inside Out -- WHAT IS MEANT BY RESPONSIBILITY? -- HOW TO ASSESS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A STATE? -- WHAT IS CHINA'S RESPONSIBILITY? -- TO WHOM IS CHINA RESPONSIBLE? -- WHAT INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY? IS CHINA IN OR OUT?34 -- WHY RAISE THE ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY NOW? -- CONCLUSION -- 2) China's Responsibility in Global Affairs -- WHAT IS GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY? -- GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE -- ASSESSING GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY -- CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS -- MEAGRE CONTRIBUTIONS - SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY? -- CONCLUSION -- 3) China's Compliance in Global Affairs -- WHAT IS GLOBAL COMPLIANCE? -- CHINA'S TREATY ENGAGEMENT -- SUMMARY -- Part II -- 4) China's WTO Compliance -- THE BUMPY RIDE TO THE WTO: FROM REJECTION TO RECEPTION -- RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE: "WESTERN INSTRUMENTS, CHINESE APPLICATION"?11 -- HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE MONITORING MECHANISMS? -- HOW ENDURING IS CHINA'S COMPLIANCE? -- CONCLUSION -- 5) China's Compliance in Arms Control and Non-Proliferation -- CHINA'S ARMS CONTROL POLICY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- US INTERESTS IN CHINA'S COMPLIANCE -- THE BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION -- THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION -- THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY -- THE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME -- US SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA'S "NON-COMPLIANCE" -- CONCLUSION -- 6) China's Compliance in Environmental Protection -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION -- THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS -- CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY -- INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE: HOW EFFECTIVE? -- FACING THE GREEN CHALLENGE -- CONCLUSION -- 7) China's Compliance in Human Rights.

HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD -- DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA -- CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES -- CHINA'S BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIPLOMACY -- WHITE PAPERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES -- CONCLUSION -- 8) Conclusion -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Selected Bibliography -- A. CHINESE SOURCES -- B. US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS -- C. JOURNAL ARTICLES -- D. BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS -- E. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- F. OTHER REFERENCES -- G. WEBSITES -- Index.