China has a vast and diverse range of neighbours. Its relations with these neighbours are significant in their own right but they also impact and shape the Asia Pacific region and the world as a whole. With China's increasing prominence relations with its neighbors are experiencing significant readjustment and change. These relations are dynamic and complex and have a different impact in different countries. Based on research financed by the Ford Foundation this book brings together the work of scholars and experts from China and adjacent countries providing an insight into China s regional relations from different angles and perspectives.

This book provides an insight into China's myriad relations with other countries and discusses how the emergence of China in recent years is having an impact in the world. It is a very useful introduction to the subject. Trade and investment are at the core of China's relations with its neighbors and this is a key theme explored in this book. It is important to recognize that China's relations with its neighbors in the modern age are in their early stages. As such this book is discussing the early stages in a process that is very likely to help shape the 21st Century.