The rise of Korea-China relations and the united states -- A sketch of Sino-Korean relations -- Perspectives on the origins of the South Korea-China rapprochement -- South Korea-China relations before 1988 -- The political economy of rapprochement, 1988-1992 -- The politics of normalization: actors, processes, and issues -- Beyond normalization: South Korea and China in the post-cold war era -- The rise of China and the U.S.-South Korean alliance under strain -- Between dragon and eagle: Korea at the crossroads