China's foreign policy: coping with the challenge of power -- Overall framework: the evolution of China's foreign policy in the post-Mao era: from anti-hegemony to modernization -- China's foreign policy in the mid-1990s -- China's foreign policy after the Seventeenth Party Congress -- Convincing the world of China's tradition to pursue universal harmony -- China's significant bilateral relations: China's peaceful rise and the US: mutual perceptions, mutual trust and planning for future scenarios -- Chinese perceptions of Russian foreign policy during the Putin administration: U.S.-Russia relations and "strategic triangle" considerations -- China's Japan policy: seeking stability and improvement in uncertainties -- China's India policy: balancing global bilateral issues -- Sino-Vietnamese relations in the early twenty-first century: economics in command? -- China's Iran policy: balancing interests and managing expectations -- China's management of various challenges: a Chinese view of China's energy security -- Battle ready? Developing a blue-water navy: China's strategic dilemma -- China's ocean development strategy and its handling of the territorial conflicts in the South China Sea -- From non-interference to a responsible major power: China's engagement in Darfur -- China's approach to intervention in the Syrian crisis: the challenge of working through the United Nations system.