Cover, Editorial Board, and Contributors

Foreword

China’s Cross-Strait Relations, Soft Power, and Economic Influence: Implications for Regional and Global Strategy
Reymund B. Flores

Articles

Mapping the Cross-Strait Studies as a Specific Research Field
Tonny Dian Effendi

The Development of Confucius Institute and its Identity
Transformation—From the Perspective of Social Identity Theory
Xiaotong Jiao and Qian Qin

China’s Fiscal and Monetary Policies During the Global Financial
Crisis and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons and Policy Implications
Trương Quang Thông

Strategic Hedging in Southeast Asia: ASEAN Member States’ Policy Responses to China’s Growing Economic Influence
Tran Xuan Hiep, Le Hoang Kiet, and Phan Thi Hai Yen

China and the Middle East Interdependence in Renewable
Energy Amidst China-US Rivalry
Dustin Rashidi Hasan

Book Review