

trans-border pollutions, epidemics, illegal migrations, organized crimes, financial management, etc.).

The growth and integration of China, however, has exposed China's closest neighbours and even more remote countries to its various (previously internal) problems, and the lagging political openness of China has often negatively impacted on cooperation with other countries in dealing with these problems (i.e. The economic growth of China, initially started in the late-1970s with domestic and rural reforms, has been increasingly driven by China's industrialization and integration into the regional and global markets.

This edited volume offers diverse and comprehensive views of China's rise and its implications to the East Asian region and beyond.
