Tabla de Contenidos: “…prelims; contents; author; acknowledgements; acronyms; preface; introduction; ch01; China's first rise; The tribute system; The Imperial legacy; ch02; The Mao era; US-China re-engagement; Post-Cold War: The United States repositions China in its worldview; China re-calibrates; The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks; Taiwan and Korea: continuing flashpoints?; Taiwan; Korea; ch03; The transparency question; Defence Doctrine and Force Posture; Nuclear forces; Assessment; conclusion; bibliography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…--PRC media images of the U.S. and Taiwan, January-April 1976 and 1977.--Domestic politics and foreign trade in the PRC, 1971-1976…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Grano -- Interactions between environmental civil society and the state during the Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai Ing-wen administrations in Taiwan / Simona A. Grano -- Working with and around strong states : environmental networks in East Asia / Mary Alice Haddad -- The campaign for nuclear power in Japan before and after 2011 : between state, market and civil society / Tobias Weiss -- The 'pro-establishment' radical right : Japan's nativist movement reconsidered / Naoto Higuchi -- The religion-based conservative countermovement in Taiwan : origin, tactics and impacts / Ming-sho Ho -- The relationship between mainstream and movement parties in Taiwan : case studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and the Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP) / Tommy Chung Yin Kwan and Dafydd Fell -- New immigration, civic activism and identity in Japan : influencing the 'strong' state / David Chiavacci -- Japanese NPOs and the state re-examined : reflections eighteen years on / Akihiro Ogawa -- Changing patterns of South Korean social movements, 1960s-2010s : testimony, firebombs, lawsuit and candlelight / Jin-Wook Shin -- Opening up the welfare state to 'outsiders' : pro-homeless activism and neoliberal backlashes in Japan / Mahito Hayashi -- Legal mobilization and the transformation of state-society relations in South Korea in the realm of disability policy / Celeste L. …”