Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Biographies of the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction The New Sino-Japanese "Great Game" in Asia: Between Competition and Complementarities Guy Faure -- A New "Great Game" -- Can the Future be Built from the Past? -- China-Japan Rivalries and Complementarities in Southeast Asia -- Sino-Japanese Dynamics: Country Studies -- Chapter 1 Anchoring the Right Pattern of Interdependence and Rivalry: China-Japan Relations under the New Leadership Taeho Kim -- The Leadership Factor in Bilateral Ties -- Mutual Perceptions in a Historical Context -- Official Ties and Deepening Interdependence -- Salient Political and Security Issues -- The Taiwan Issue -- Mutual Security Concerns -- The USA-Japan Alliance -- The Territorial Disputes and Multilateral Diplomacy -- China-Japan Relations and Future East Asian Security -- Chapter 2 Chinese Nationalism in Sino-Japanese Relations Jiyoung Choi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Chinese Nationalism Since the Reform and Opening-up Policy -- 3. Chinese Nationalism in Sino-Japanese Relations -- 4. Conclusion - Implications of the Rise of Nationalism in East Asia -- Chapter 3 China's "Military Diplomacy" and Expanding Military Power Projection Capability Masayuki Masuda -- 1. Expanding China's Presence in Global Security -- Military diplomacy -- China's initiative in regional security cooperation -- China's expanding role in global security -- 2. Expanding Military Power Projection Capability -- RMA with Chinese characteristics: Informationization -- "Beyond Taiwan" -- From transparency to accountability -- Chapter 4 China/Japan/ASEAN: What Kind of Cooperation for What Issues? Sophie Boisseau du Rocher -- Introduction -- 1. What Kind of Cooperation? An Already Familiar Question -- 1.1 East Asia and difficulties of identity-related contours.

A name weighed down by prejudices -- The difficulty of a clear definition -- Unity of East Asia -- A complex relationship with the West -- Japan's decisive role -- 1.2 Institutional organization: Recompositions at work -- ASEAN, insufficient, outdated or precious? -- Post-1997, a new period for regional construction in East Asia? -- Regional turmoil: Prevalence of the commercial universe -- ASEAN+ 3 -- The East Asia summit -- 2. What are the Issues? -- The issue of institutions -- The issue of rapprochements -- Leadership issue -- The issue of regional security -- The issue of relations with the West and globalization -- Chapter 5 Foreign Direct Investments in Southeast Asia and Sino-Japanese Rivalry David Hoyrup -- Introduction -- 1. The Sino-Japanese Rivalry Through FDI in Southeast Asia: Very Distinct Kinds of Investment Rationales -- 1.1 Southeast Asia: Stage for a rivalry between Japanese and Chinese firms? -- 1.2 The very great heterogeneity in Southeast Asia, especially in the matter of FDI, prompts one to undertake a more detailed analysis -- 1.3 Japanese and Chinese investments that do not go in the same direction -- Conclusion -- 2. A Rivalry Through FDI That Goes Beyond the Economic Sphere -- 2.1 A logical division on the whole: The weight of history, the strength of the economy and the political proximities -- 2.2 This division falls within a framework that is much larger than just a struggle for hegemony -- General Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Japan and the Reconstruction of Indochina Masaya Shiraishi -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Background of the Nations in the Indochina Subregion -- 1.1 Cold War period -- 1.2 Post-Cold War era -- 2. Japan with the Indochina Subregion -- 2.1 Early years of Cold War -- 2.2 Later years of Cold War -- 2.3 Cambodian peace -- 2.4 ASEAN enlargement.

3. Japanese ODA toward the Indochina Subregion -- 3.1 Hard infrastructure projects -- 3.2 The second and third categories of Japanese ODA -- 4. Japan and Indochina Facing the New Development of East Asia Regionalism -- 4.1 Pan-Asianist and pan-Pacific trends against the historical backdrop -- 4.2 Japan's diplomatic contest with China -- Conclusion -- 1. From Bilateralism to Multilateralism -- 2. Contribution to Regional Public Goods -- 3. Filling the Missing Link -- Chapter 7 The Asian Development Bank and Chinese and Japanese Power Plays Guy Faure -- Introduction: Regional Banks and Zones of Influence: The Case of the ADB -- 1. Japan, the ADB's Benevolent Hegemon -- 1.1 The bank's origins -- 1.2 ADB's strategic agenda -- 2. China, Star Pupil of Multilateralism -- 3. The New Geopolitical "Great Game" Concerning the Mekong -- 4. China-Japan: Towards a Diplomatic Convergence? -- 5. The Asian Monetary Fund Issue -- Conclusion: ADB - Consensual Protagonist of Regional Construction -- References -- Chapter 8 Corridor Linkages in the Greater Mekong Subregion: New Implications for Peninsular and Regional Powers Christian Taillard -- 1. The Redefinition of Territorial Strategies in the Post-Cold War Era -- Strategic reversals -- Reintegration on the regional stage -- Thailand, the only country in the region that has not modified its regional plans -- 2. The Most Advanced Program for Transnational Integration in East Asia -- Changes in the scale of integration: From river basin to peninsula -- Sector-based and territorial components of integration during the first decade -- The choice for an integrated approach of economic corridors during the second decade -- A sustained pace of investment despite economic and political unpredictability -- 3. The Two-Stage Reconstitution of Regional Linkage Through the Corridors.

Corridors focused on the Mekong and Chao Phraya during the first decade -- The extension and densification of regional linkage during the second decade -- A new regional integration within a network -- 4. New Implications for Economic Corridors -- Rivalry between Thailand and Vietnam -- The competition between Chinese hegemony over the meridian corridors and Japan's dominance over transversal corridors -- References -- Chapter 9 Evaluating Effectiveness of GMS Economic Corridors: Why More Focus on Bangkok- Hanoi Road than East-West Corridor? Masami Ishida -- 1. Higher Expectations for EWEC in Japan -- 2. Comparison Between EWEC and BHR with Population and GRP -- 2.1 Measuring by simply summarized or averaged indicators along EWEC and BHR -- 2.2 Measuring by weighted summarized and averaged indicators -- 2.3 Application of gravity model -- 3. The NSEC and SEC -- 3.1 Comparison between NSEC and BHR -- 3.2 Comparison between SEC and BHR -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Myanmar and Japan: How Close Friends Become Estranged? Toshihiro Kudo -- Introduction -- 1. The Era of Close Friends -- 2. The New International and Regional Landscape -- 3. How Close Friends Become Estranged? -- 3.1 Changes in Japan's ODA policy -- 3.2 Myanmar's open door policy and regionalization of trade -- 3.3 China's rise as economic partner -- 3.4 Gas money -- Conclusion: The Role of Japan -- References -- Chapter 11 The Chinese in Burma: Traditional Migration or Conquest Strategy? Guy Lubeigt -- Introduction -- 1. Chinese and Burmese: Ancestral but Conflicting Relations -- 1.1 The historical background -- 1.2 Colonization and immigration -- 1.3 Repercussions of Chinese events in Burma -- 2. Chinese Penetration and Settlement in Burma -- 2.1 A traditional economic presence -- 2.2 Urban development and sinonization: The Junta's new policy.

2.3 The Chinese thrust and the new wave of migration -- 2.4 The penetration process and the stages of settling in + Acquisition of Burmese Registration Cards. -- 3. Economy and Geopolitics: A Strengthened Chinese Presence -- 3.1 The change in the urban landscape of Mandalay and Rangoon -- 3.2 Economic perspectives -- 3.3 Burmese reactions facing Chinese immigration -- 3.4 Towards the conquest of Burma? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Thailand's Economic Relations with China and Japan Suthiphand Chirathivat -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Current Bilateral Economic Relationship -- 2.1 China and Japan's trade with Thailand -- 2.2 China-Thailand trade dynamics -- 2.3 Japan-Thailand linkages through Japanese FDI -- 3. Formal Bilateral Economic Partnerships -- 3.1 China-Thailand trade liberalization and economic cooperation -- 3.2 Japan-Thailand economic partnership agreement -- 4. Concerns for Implementation and Regional Response -- 5. Consideration of Upcoming Challenges -- 5.1 History not forgotten -- 5.2 Complex tasks ahead -- References -- Chapter 13 Vietnam's View of China: An Intimidating Partner Matthieu Salomon and Doan Kêt Vu -- From Enemy to Partner -- But Behind these New Images -- A Deep-Rooted Distrust -- Conclusion -- Index.