Introduction -- Part I -- China's Soft and Hard Power in East Asia -- Chapter 1 -- Community Building or Rebalancing? China and the United States in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 2 -- PLA Modernization: Motivations, Directions, and the Revolution in Military Affairs -- Part II -- China and Major Power Strategic Interactions -- Chapter 3 -- China's Encumbered Rise: Implications for Sino-American Relations -- Chapter 4 -- Japanese Perspectives on China's Strategic and Security Roles in East Asia -- Chapter 5 -- The Rise of China and the Security Dynamics in the Korean Peninsula -- Chapter 6 -- The Rise of China: An Indian Perspective -- Chapter 7 -- China's Evolving Strategic Profile in East Asia: A Southeast Asian Perspective -- Part III -- China's Strategic Approach to East Asian Regionalism -- Chapter 8 -- China and East Asian Regional Cooperation: Institution-Building Efforts, Strategic Calculations, and Preference for Informal Approach -- Chapter 9 -- Too Big to Fit: China's Regionalisms and the Limits of Institutional Building in East Asia -- Part IV -- Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations and Strategic Impact on China and East Asia -- Chapter 10 -- Power Shift, Asymmetric Interests, and Buck-Passing: Assessing the Dynamics of Recent US-China-Taiwan Relations* -- Chapter 11 -- US Policy and Cross-Strait Rapprochement: What Beijing May Expect from Washington -- Part V -- China and Maritime Strategic Order in East Asia -- Chapter 12 -- UNCLOS and the Maritime Security of China -- Chapter 13 -- China's Maritime Security Considerations under the International Law of the Sea -- Contributors.