Introduction - negotiating asymmetry : parents, brothers, friends and enemies / Anthony Reid -- Small states and the search for sovereignty in Sinocentric Asia : Japan and Korea in the late nineteenth century / Seo-Hyun Park -- Between tribute and treaty : Sino-Siamese relations from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century / Junko Koizumi -- Operated by world views and interfaced by world orders : traditional and modern Sino-Vietnamese relations / Alexander L. Vuving -- Dealing with the dragon : the China factor in Myanmar's foreign policy / Maung Aung Myoe -- Visions of history, trajectories of power : China and India since decolonisation / Prasenjit Duara -- China's re-interpretation of the Chinese "World Order", 1900-40s / Kawashima Shin -- The "peaceful rise of China" after the "century of unequal treaties" : will history matter? / Zheng Yangwen -- Mediating Chinese-nes : identity politics and media culture in contemporary China / Anbin Shi -- Family and friends : China in changing Asia / Wang Gungwu