Foreword by Yang Jiechi

Preface

The Tortuous Road of Sino-Japanese Relations

The New Foreign Minister's First Overseas Visit:Indonesia

Four Trips to New York in Four Weeks:Diplomatic Struggles Before the Iraq War of 2003

Sino-Russian Negotiations over Heixiazi Island

Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia

Visit to Latin America in the New Millennium

Land Boundary and Marine Delimitation:Negotiations with Vietnam

The China-US South China Sea Air Collision Incident

The Maturing of China-EU Relations

The Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan

The Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum

Postscript