Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-266) and index.
Contents
A world turning upside down -- US-China relations in the global dynamics -- Historical perspectives on multipolarisation -- Manoeuvring towards multipolarity -- Globalisation, imperialism, and multipolarisation -- Promoting multipolarisation : regional organisation in Asia -- Maintaining self-reliance in an interdependent world -- Developing with Chinese characteristics -- Towards a new international political order -- Towards a new international economic order -- An international new democracy in the making.