In this edited volume, distinguished scholars and policy analysts explore how China's rise has brought great opportunities for cooperation as well as great challenges for geo-political competition between the United States and China.

Introduction; S.Zhao
The Transformation of US-China Relations; S.Zhao
The Durability of US Leadership in Asia; R.Sutter
U.S. Domestic Politics and the China Policy Roller Coaster; R.M.Hathaway
The Worldviews of Chinese Leadership and Sino-US Relations; C.Chao
The Japan Factor in US-China Relations; S.Levine
The Russian Factor in US-China Relations; C.Marsh & L.Dittmer
The North Korea Nuclear Crisis; B.S.Glaser & L.Wang
The Taiwan Factor in US-China Relations; J.F.Copper

sUISHENG ZHAO is Professor and Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA, founder and editor of the Journal of Contemporary China, a honorary jianzhi professor at Beijing University, Renmin University and Fudan University.