China's surging political, economic, and social relations with the developing world have sparked considerable attention and even generated alarm in some national capitals. The chapters in this volume, written by an international ensemble of scholars from Europe, Taiwan, and the United States, provide generally balanced and invaluable historical and current background on China's exploding relations with Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other regions, simultaneously illuminating the causes and consequences of these ties and correcting some of the distortions present in the contemporary academic, journalistic, and policymaking communities' treatment of these topics.

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, San Francisco State University

Dancing with the Dragon offers valuable perspectives on China's interactions with the developing world.

Dali Yang, University of Chicago

This book brings together leading experts from three continents-Asia, Europe and North America-to examine China's emergence as a major player in the developing world. This comprehensive overview text, with multifaceted analysis based on new scholarship, will interest scholars, students, and practitioners in the fields of Chinese politics, Chinese foreign policy, energy politics, and regional area studies.

Sujian Guo

Chapters provide valuable insights, and are expertly written and cited….Dennis Hickey and Baogang Guo's brief historical introduction is one of the highlights of the volume and makes a superb primer for any student of China's contemporary relations with the developing world….Dancing with the Dragon's strengths are that it is a collection of papers by both American and Chinese authors and, as such, provides a fascinating juxtaposition of optimistic and skeptical perceptions of China's emergence in the developing world.

Public Affairs

Dancing with the Dragon provides relatively comprehensive coverage on China’s Third World relations and offers some latest materials on this topic, students of Chinese foreign policy and the Third World can benefit from reading this informative work.

Journal of Chinese Political Science