Author Description

Periphery diplomacy: moving to the centre of China's foreign policy / Wang Jianwei -- China's changing perspective of its periphery environment / Wang Jianwei -- US-China dynamics in Asian regional relations / Jin Xin -- China's new security concept and CBMs in Asia / Liu Dan -- Change and continuity: China's North Korea policy in transition / Sun Ru -- An analysis of China's diplomacy to Japan in the new period / Liang Yunxiang -- China's institutional engagement with ASEAN: space, stakes, and strategies / Lin Zhimin -- China-ASEAN security interactions and the South China Sea issue / Cai Penghong -- China's soft power in Mekong: a case study of "nourished by the same river" / Wang Qichao -- China-India relations: building a strategic partnership amid uncertainties / Zaho Gancheng -- The border dispute in Sino-Indian relations / Nazia Hussain -- China's global maritime engagement and the Indian Ocean region / Raghavendra Mishra -- The geo-strategic landscape in Central Asia and China / Aidar Amrebayev -- China's expanding economic interests in Central Asia / Alessandro Arduino -- China's silk road economic belt in Central Asia / Hongzhou Zhang -- The complexities in the making of China's Afghanistan policy / Ambrish Dhaka.