Shao Binhong is senior editor at the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and also Secretary-General of the China Society of World Economics. Since 1996, she has been managing editor-in-chief of the International Economic Review, one of China’s core periodicals.

• List of Contributors viiJournal Information xvIiIntroduction 1Shao Binhong1 Return of China’s Regional Concept and Construction of a New Order 11Zhang Yunling2 Beyond Geopolitical Myth: China’s New Asia Strategy 38Zhong Feiteng3 China’s Future East Asian Security Policy Framework: A “Four-Wheel” Structure Design 54Xu Jin4 Integration of China Renminbi Internationalization with Asian Monetary Cooperation 69Zhang Ming5 China and the United States: It’s Complicated! 83Fu Ying6 Sino-US Relations and the East Asian Cold War 90Niu Jun7 An Exploration of Conditions for Building a New Type of Major Power Relationship between China and the United States 114Jin Canrong and Zhao Yuanliang8 New Game Expects New System 134Zhao Tingyang9 Understanding China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative—A New Link Pattern for Deepened Interaction between China and the World 146Xing Guangcheng10 Connotation, Orientation and Path of the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 164Hu An-gang, Ma Wei, and Yan Yilong11 Why China? The Economic Logic behind China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 181Lu Feng, Li Xin, Li Shuangshuang, Jiang Zhixiao, Zhang Jieping, and Yang Yewei12 Prudence Crucial for the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 203Shi Yinhong13 The One-Belt-One-Road Initiative and Financial Innovation 211Ding Yifan, Zhang Ming, Xu Qiyuan, and Deng Haiqing14 Diplomatic Risks Facing China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 237Xue LiRoundtable Discussions15 One Belt, One Road, but Many Different Voices 253Allen Carlson16 A Few Thoughts on the Motivations and Consequences of the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 254Scott L. Kastner17 China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative and Political Risks 258Frans Paul van der PuttenIndex 261