Robert Ash is Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. David Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at the George Washington University. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Seiichiro Takagi is Professor at the School of International Politics, Economics, and Business at the Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs.

• 1. Introduction Part 1: Studies of China's Economy 2. Studies of China's Economy in Europe 3. Studies of China's Economy in Japan 4. Studies of China's Economy in the United States Part 2: Studies of Chinese Politics 5. Studies of Chinese Politics in Europe 6. Studies of Chinese Politics in Japan 7. Studies of Chinese Politics in the United States Part 3: Studies of China's Foreign and Security Policies 8. Studies of China's Foreign and Security Policies in Europe 9. Studies of China's Foreign and Security Policies of China in Japan 10. Studies of China's Foreign and Security Policies in the United States Part 4: Epilogue 11. International China Watching in the 21st Century

'The book provides an illuminating map of ... three fields of contemporary China studies, and will be of great interest to specialists seeking new ideas and insights on how their work fits into the broader trends on contemporary China studies.' - Robert Sutter, The China Journal, No 58, July 2007'The whole book repays careful reading, but for those short of time the papers by Cabestan, Obashi and Baum should not be missed. Their virtue is that they combine valuable descriptions of what is happening with particularly good explanations of the structural factors shaping their fields' - Christopher Howe, The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008