The transformation of U.S.-China relations / Suisheng Zhao -- China's rise and the durability of U.S. leadership in Asia / Robert Sutter -- U.S. domestic politics and the China policy rollercoaster / Robert M. Hathaway -- The worldviews of Chinese leadership and Sino-U.S. relations / Chien-min Chao and Chih-chia Hsu -- The Japan factor in U.S.-China relations / Steven I. Levine -- The Russian factor in U.S.-China relations / Christopher Marsh and Lowell Dittmer -- The North Korea nuclear crisis and U.S.-China cooperation / Bonnie S. Glaser and Liang Wang -- The Taiwan factor in U.S.-China relations / John F. Copper.