Table of Contents

1. Taking the Temperature of China-US Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction 2. A Primer on China-US Relations, 1949-2012: A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed 3. China, the US, and the Transition of Power: A Dual Leadership Structure in the Asia-Pacific 4. China and America: Showdown in the Asia-Pacific? 5. Friend or Foe: Washington, Beijing, and the Dispute over US Security Ties to Taiwan 6. China’s North Korea Dilemma and Sino-U.S. Cooperation 7. Tough Love: US-China Economic Relations between Competition and Interdependence 8. US-China Relations in Asia-Pacific Energy Regime Complexes: Cooperative, Complementary and Competitive 9. Dialogues and Their Implications in Sino-American Relations 10. Continuity and Change in Sino-US Military-to-Military Relations 11. From the EP-3 Incident to the USS Kitty Hawk-Song Class Submarine Encounter: The Evolution of Sino-US Crisis Management Communication Mechanisms 12 Conclusion

About the Author

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Assistant Dean and Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, and Executive Director, the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, USA.

Simon Shen is Associate Professor and Director of Global Studies Programme in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.