FREDOUN AHMADI-ESFAHANI Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Sydney, AustraliaNIELS FOLD Professor in the Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkJEFF NEILSON Research Fellow in School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney, AustraliaBILL PRITCHARD Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Sydney, AustraliaBENJAMIN K. SOVACOOL Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of SingaporeROBERT SUTTER Visiting Professor of Asian Studies at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USAFRANK B. TIPTON Personal Chair in International Business at the University of Sydney, AustraliaKHUONG M. VU Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

• Introduction: Structural Changes, Economics Challenges and Political Accommodation: Managing the Rise of China in Southeast Asia; D.S.L.Jarvis & A.Welch Rising China, US Influence, and Southeast Asia - Background, Status, and Outlook; R.Sutter The Dragon, The Tiger Cubs and Higher Education. University Relations between China and SE Asia in the GATS Era; A.Welch International Financial Centers in Asia: Contest, Competition and Possible Trajectories; D.S.L.Jarvis Being Sandwiched: The Reshaping of ASEAN–China Food Trade; N.Fold, J.Neilson &  B.Pritchard Energy Security and Competition in Asia: Challenges and Prospects for China and Southeast Asia; B.K Sovacool & V.M.Khuong The Impact of China on the Electrical and Electronics Industry in Southeast Asia; F.B.Tipton Agricultural Biotechnology in China: Prospects for New Economy Industries in South East Asia; F.Z.Ahmadi-Esfahani