Xi’s China and Its Neighbors

Xiaobing Li is Professor of History, Don Betz Endowed Chair in International Studies, and Director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma. His recent books include China’s Mahan: Admiral Liu Huaqing; China’s New Navy: The Evolution of PLAN from the People’s Revolution to 21st Century Cold War; The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War; Attack at Chosin; The History of Taiwan; and Building Ho’s Army.Qiang Fang is Professor of History at University of Minnesota Duluth and editor of American Review of China Studies. He is the author and editor of History and Reality: Balkan (Socialist Countries) in the Eyes of Western Scholars; China under Xi Jinping: A New Assessment; Sino-American Relations: A New Cold War; Communist Judicial Systems in China, 1927–1976; Power Versus Law in Modern China; and Chinese Complaint Systems: Natural Resistance.

• Introduction: China and its Neighbors in the Xi Era Part 1: Friends or Foes: Northeast Asia 1. Sino-Japanese Relations from Mao to Xi 2. A Cold Alliance: Beijing-Pyongyang Relations in the Xi Jinping Era 3. Sweet and Sour Relations Between Beijing and Seoul 4. Panda’s ballet with Bear: Xi Jinping’s Ambition, Vladimir Putin’s Trick and their Consequences Part 2: New Silk Road: Central Asia 5. From Caravan Routes to Belt and Road: The Shifting Landscape of China-Kazakhstan Relations 6. Cooperation or Confrontation: New Era in Sino-Indian Relations 7. A New World Order? The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Xi’s China Part 3. Hot Spots in Southeast Asia and in the Pacific 8. China and the Philippines: Historical Ties, Cold War Relations, and Maritime Disputes 9. Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in the Xi Era: A Historical Perspective 10. Relations between China and Singapore Conclusion: Xi’s Uncertain Neighborhood Xiaobing Li