The Political Economy of Transnational Governance China and Southeast Asia in the 21st Century

"This book discusses the political economy of transnational governance in Asia in eight well-detailed chapters. The book heavily depends on the Chinese perspective and its relationship with the world and East and Southeast Asian countries. The book's explicit message seems to be that the importance of the Asian continent, mainly under the leading power of China, has been steadily increasing over the last three decades... those who systematically want to comprehend the political economy of transnational governance and its multilayered dimensions in Asia will find this book of interest." - Fatih Kirsanli, Public Choice

"Hong Liu's latest book on the political economy of relations between China and South-East Asia is an important contribution to the latest analyses of the rapidly changing socioeconomic and political dynamics in the region. Undergirding this study is a novel argument on multidimensional interactions between China and Southeast Asian countries. The book documents with careful detail and empirical data the complexity and depth of intraregional flow of goods, human capital, knowledge transfers and people, especially the diaspora community where locality, language and dialect, customs, cultural practices and kinship underpin the connectivity, reciprocity and network of exchanges in the region....[T]he book's rich empirical data, interdisciplinary approach to its subject matter, and innovative and refreshing argument are important advancements and contributions to the field and for those seeking to truly understand the political economy of this vibrant part of the world." - Chin-Hao Huang, The China Quarterly