1. Introduction. Ka Zeng --. Part I. Trade and the changing context of China's international political economy --. 2. China's international political economy -- the changing economic context. Barry Naughton --. 3. China's trade policy : evolution and determinants. Bin Sheng and Xiaosong Wang --. Part II. Foreign direct investment --. 4. Foreign direct investment in China. Yu Zheng --. 5. Chinese outward foreign direct investment (COFDI) : a primer and assessment of the state of COFDI research. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard --. 6. Chinese direct investment in Europe : economic opportunities and political challenges. Sophie Meunier --. 7. China's investment relations with Japan. Ming Wan and Hong Zhang --. 8. China's international energy engagement. Philip Andrews-Speed --. 9. The political economy of Chinese investment treaties. Axel Berger --. Part III. China and international finance --. 10. You can check in anytime you like, but you can never leave : the politics of China's financial market opening. Anton Malkin and Yu-wai Vic Li --. 11. From tailwinds to headwinds : the troubled internationalization of the renminbi. Daniel McDowell --. 12. US-China exchange rate dispute. Yonghong Tu and Dongsheng Di --. 13. The China Investment Corporation and the rise of sovereign wealth funds. Adam D. Dixon --. 14. The domestic politics of China's exchange rate policy --. Part IV. China and global economic governance --. Section I. China in the global trading system --. 15. China and the WTO : on a path to leadership?. Marcia Don Harpaz --. 16. China's policy on free trade agreements. Yang Jiang --. Section 2. China and global financial governance --. 17. From activism to status quo : the convergence of state and institutional preferences in China's relationship with the IMF. Anton Malkin and Bessma Momani. 18. The rise of a constrained power in international financial governance : an analysis of China-IMF collaboration / Jue Wang -- 19. China, the G20 and global governance / Ren Xiao -- 20. China's evolving role in global governance : the AIIB and the limits of an alternative international order / Mark Beeson and Shaomin Xu -- 21. China and the "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) : contested multilateralism and innovative institution-building / Wei Liang -- 22. China and regional financial cooperation : from observer, to participant, to (co- )leader ... of an irrelevance? / Paul Bowles and Brian K. MacLean -- Section 3. China and international development -- 23. The motives of China's foreign aid / Andreas Fuchs and Marina Rudyak -- 24. China and global climate change governance / Margaret M. Pearson -- 25. The rise of China in the international intellectual property regime / Peter K. Yu.