China looks set to regain its former power, experiencing the world's fastest economic growth for over a decade. Looking at the challenges posed by reforms, the contributors analyse factors that might lead to or prevent the break-up of China.

Chapter 1 The politics of regionalism: Economic development, conflict and negotiation, David S.G. Goodman; Chapter 2 'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated': The history of the death of China, John Fitzgerald; Chapter 3 Reform and the restructuring of central-local relations, Dali L. Yang; Chapter 4 Economic reform and the internal division of labour in China: Production, trade and marketing, Anjali Kumar; Chapter 5 The many worlds of China's provinces: Foreign trade and diversification, Brantly Womack, Guangzhi Zhao; Chapter 6 Guangdong: Greater Hong Kong and the new regionalist future, David S.G. Goodman, Feng Chongyi; Chapter 7 Regionalism in Fujian, Simon Long; Chapter 8 Shanghai and the Lower Yangzi Valley, J.Bruce Jacobs, Lijian Hong; Chapter 9 North China and Russia, Michael B. Yahuda; Chapter 10 Xinjiang: Relations with China and abroad, Peter Ferdinand; Chapter 11 Regional economic integration in Yunnan, Ingrid d'Hooghe; Chapter 12 Deconstructing foreign relations, Gerald Segal;