Yong Deng is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the U.S. Naval Academy. Fei-Ling Wang is associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Beijing's Incentive Structure: The Pursuit of Preservation, Prosperity, and PowerChapter 3 Better Than Power: "International Status" in Chinese Foreign PolicyChapter 4 National Image Building and Chinese Foreign PolicyChapter 5 Nationalism and Chinese Foreign PolicyChapter 6 Chinese Foreign Policy in the Age of GlobalizationChapter 7 China's Multilateral Diplomacy in the New MillenniumChapter 8 China's U.S. PoliciesChapter 9 The Evolution of Beijing's Policy toward Taiwan during the Reform EraChapter 10 Democracy and Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Policy: Motivation and BehaviorChapter 11 Terrorism and Chinese Foreign Policy

The authors provide an incisive and informative update on Chinese foreign policy in the aftermath of 9/11, which furthered reforms already under way in Beijing's approach to world affairs in general and the U.S. in particular.