Lee Jones is Reader in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London. His other books include ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (2012), Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work (2015), and The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Markets under Hyperglobalisation (2020). Shahar Hameiri is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Associate Professor of International Politics in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland. Among his recent books are Governing Borderless Threats (2015), International Intervention and Local Politics (2017), and The Political Economy of Southeast Asia (2020).

• Introduction; 1. State transformation and Chinese foreign policy; 2. State transformation and the South China Sea; 3. Chinese non-traditional security governance in the greater Mekong subregion; 4. China's International development financing; Conclusion.

'This exemplary work provides fabulous analyses on China's behaviours in international security and financial engagements. It should be a must-read for anyone who wants to gain more insights into the inner workings of China's foreign policy making and the impacts on China's partners and rivals.' Li Mingjiang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Lee Jones is Reader in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London. His other books include ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (2012), Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work (2015), and The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Markets under Hyperglobalisation (2020). Shahar Hameiri is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Associate Professor of International Politics in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland. Among his recent books are Governing Borderless Threats (2015), International Intervention and Local Politics (2017), and The Political Economy of Southeast Asia (2020).

• Introduction; 1. State transformation and Chinese foreign policy; 2. State transformation and the South China Sea; 3. Chinese non-traditional security governance in the greater Mekong subregion; 4. China's International development financing; Conclusion.

'This exemplary work provides fabulous analyses on China's behaviours in international security and financial engagements. It should be a must-read for anyone who wants to gain more insights into the inner workings of China's foreign policy making and the impacts on China's partners and rivals.' Li Mingjiang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Lee Jones is Reader in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London. His other books include ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (2012), Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work (2015), and The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Markets under Hyperglobalisation (2020). Shahar Hameiri is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Associate Professor of International Politics in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland. Among his recent books are Governing Borderless Threats (2015), International Intervention and Local Politics (2017), and The Political Economy of Southeast Asia (2020).

• Introduction; 1. State transformation and Chinese foreign policy; 2. State transformation and the South China Sea; 3. Chinese non-traditional security governance in the greater Mekong subregion; 4. China's International development financing; Conclusion.

'This exemplary work provides fabulous analyses on China's behaviours in international security and financial engagements. It should be a must-read for anyone who wants to gain more insights into the inner workings of China's foreign policy making and the impacts on China's partners and rivals.' Li Mingjiang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore