Openness and Inclusiveness: Unfolding Regionalism in Northeast Asia 1

In recent years, there has been, among Chinese policy practitioners as well as academic elites, an increasing interest in the understanding and appreciation of the prospects of (re)structuring a new regional order in Asia (Wang 2006; Sun and Chen 2006; Su 2006; Ren 2007). The efforts have been made within a broader context in which the post-Cold War era has witnessed a (re)emergence, revitalization, and expansion of practice and theorizing of (new) regionalism around the world.