Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power transition theory and the rise of China / Jack S. Levy -- China's rise will be peaceful : how unipolarity matters / Zhu Feng -- Parsing China's rise : international circumstances and national attributes / Avery Goldstein -- The rise of China : power, institutions, and the Western order / G. John Ikenberry -- Structures, processes, and the socialization of power : East Asian community-building and the rise of China / Qin Yaqing and Wei Ling -- From offensive to defensive realism : a social evolutionary interpretation of China's security strategy / Tang Shiping -- Purpose transitions : China's rise and the American response / Jeffrey W. Legro -- Between China, America, and North Korea : South Korea's hedging / Byung-Kook Kim -- A Japanese perspective on China's rise and the East Asian order / Akio Takahara -- The consequences of China's economic rise for Sino-U.S. relations : rivalry, political conflict, and (not) war / Jonathan Kirshner -- The United States and the rise of China : implications for the long haul / Robert J. Art -- The rise of China : theoretical and policy perspectives / Robert S. Ross and Zhu Feng.