Outgrowth of a conference held in St. George's, Bermuda, June 9-10, 1973, under the sponsorship of the Asian Studies Program of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

pt. 1.The broad view: -- 1. The United States as an Asian-Pacific power / Akira Iriye -- 2. The changing strategic balance in Asia / A. Doak Barnett -- 3. Implications of the detente for Sino-American trade / Jerome Alan Cohen -- 4. American news media and China / Stanley Karnow -- 5. Prospects for Sino-American scholarly exchange / Stephen Uhalley, Jr. -- 6. China and the United Nations / John G. Stoessinger -- 7. The participations of the PRC in the United Nations / William R. Feeney -- pt. 2. The specific relations: -- 8. Moscow's reaction to Nixon's jaunt to Peking / George Ginsburgs -- 9. The Sino-Japanese rapprochement: a relationship of ambivalence / Gene T. Hsiao -- 10. The impact of the Sino-American detente on Korea / Chong-sik Lee -- 11. The impact of the Sino-American detente on the Indochina conflict / Kenneth P. Landon -- 12. China and America: limited partners in the Indian subcontinent / William J. Barnds -- 13. Reactions of the NATO allies to the Sino-American detente / Dick Wilson -- 14. A future for Taiwan / Robert W. Barnett -- 15. Epilogue / Michael Witunski.