ABSTRACT
The rise of China has gripped the world’s attention during the past decade or so. This phenomenon has conjured in the minds of many the old image of China and its attendant warning: beware when this sleeping dragon wakes up! It has awakened and the world takes notice. The rise of China has become a theme of countless regional and global academic conferences, public seminars, policy discussions, articles, books, and related activities. It is a major topic in many university course syllabi in international relations, world politics, international political economy, regional and global security, East Asia regionalism, as well as regional and international organizations. The subject has become an inescapable realitywhichChina’s immediate neighbors in SoutheastAsia and inNortheastAsia keenly feel and to which they must craft appropriate policies to ensure sustainable regional peace, prosperity, and stability.
