Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index.
1. Introduction / Jason Morris-Jung -- 2. Mixed Motivations, Mixed Blessings: Strategies and Motivations for Chinese Energy and Mineral Investments in Southeast Asia / Philip Andrews-Speed, Mingda Qiu, Christopher Len -- 3. Mineral Resources in Chinas "Periphery" Diplomacy / Yu Hongyuan -- 4. Energy Entanglement: New Directions for the China-Indonesia Coal Relationship / Cecilia Han Springer -- 5. Indonesia-China Energy and Mineral Ties: The Rise and Fall of Resource Nationalism? / Zhao Hong, Maxensius Tri Sambodo / 6. The Direction, Patterns, and Practices of Chinese Investments in Philippine Mining / Alvin A. Camba -- 7. Development Cooperation with Chinese Characteristics: Opium Replacement and Chinese Rubber Investments in Northern Laos / Juliet Lu -- 8. The High Cost of Effective Sovereignty: Chinese Resource Access in Cambodia / Siem Pichnorak -- 9. Complex Contestation of Chinese Energy and Resource Investments in Myanmar / Diane Tang-Lee -- 10. Anti-Chinese Protest in Vietnam: Complex Conjunctures of Resource Governance, Geopolitics and State-Society Deadlock / Jason Morris-Jung, Pham Van Min -- 11. Complexities of Chinese Involvement in Mining in the Philippines / Menandro S. Abanes -- 12. Conclusion / Tai Wei Lim