Sujian Guo is professor in the Department of Political Science, director of Center for US-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, and editor of the Journal of Chinese Political Science. Shiping Hua is associate professor of political science and associate director of the Institute for Democracy and Development at The University of Louisville.

• Chapter 1 Changing Ideology in China and Its Impact on Chinese Foreign PolicyChapter 2 Understanding the Rise of China: Chinese Intellectual PerspectivesChapter 3 China Rising and Its Foreign Policy Orientations: Perspectives from China's Emerging EliteChapter 4 China's Contested Rise: Sino-U.S. Relations and the Social Construction of Great Power StatusChapter 5 Tapping Soft Power: Managing China's "Peaceful Rise" and the Implications for the WorldChapter 6 "Peaceful Rise": China's Public Diplomacy and International Image CultivationChapter 7 China's New Approach to North Korean Nuclear Issue: An Economic InterdependenceChapter 8 China's Middle East Policy and Its Implications for U.S.-China RelationsChapter 9 The Energy Factor in China's Foreign PolicyChapter 10 Increasing Interdependence Between China and the U.S. and Its Implications for China's Foreign Policy

The authors provide theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich analysis of contemporary Chinese foreign policy. Critical dimensions examined include the changing ideology, orientation of emerging elite, 'soft power' in foreign policy, new diplomacy on the Korean nuclear crisis, the growing energy factor in China's foreign policy, and the complex interdependence of China and the United States. The insightful analysis will deepen our understanding of the challenges and opportunities that come with a rising China.