Between Ally and Partner

Jae Ho Chung is professor of international relations and director of the Institute for China Studies at Seoul National University. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Central Control and Local Discretion in China, Provincial Strategies of Economic Reform in Post-Mao China, and Charting China's Future.

• List of Tables Preface 1. The Rise of Korea-China Relations and the United States 2. A Sketch of Sino-Korean Relations 3. Perspectives on the Origins of the South Korea-China Rapprochement 4. South Korea-China Relations Before 1988 5. The Political Economy of Rapprochement, 1988-1992 6. The Politics of Normalization: Actors, Processes, and Issues 7. Beyond Normalization: South Korea and China in the Post-Cold War Era 8. The Rise of China and the U.S.-South Korean Alliance Under Strain 9. Between Dragon and Eagle: Korea at the Crossroads Notes Index

An important contribution to the understanding of the Sino-South Korean relationship and the implications for US policy. -- Heike Hermanns The China Journal [An] excellent and pioneering study... [that] will remain a very useful study for a long time. -- Chae-Jin Lee China Quarterly This book offers a refreshingly original, detached, non-American (South Korean) perspective... [and] should be considered required reading. -- Samuel S. Kim Pacific Affairs Chung writes with directness and clarity, moving smoothly between coverage of S. Korea's bilateral relations with both China and the United States. -- James Matray The International History Review An important contribution... well researched and clearly written. -- Qiang Zhai China Information Invaluable contribution to our thin understanding of the comprehensive structure of Korea-China relations. China Review International Chung provides a sweeping overview of the past, present, and future of the Sino-Korean relationship. -- J. J. Suh Journal of Asian Studies Imposing clarity upon the cluttered chessboard of contemporary North-east Asian geopolitics is a daunting proposition, but one at which Jae Ho Chung effortlessly succeeds in his book, Between Ally and Partner. -- Adam Cathcart Korean Studies