Foreword by Yang Jiechi 1
Preface 5
The Tortuous Road of Sino-Japanese Relations 9
The New Foreign Minister's First Overseas Visit:Indonesia 89
Four Trips to New York in Four Weeks:Diplomatic Struggles Before the Iraq War of 2003 123
Sino-Russian Negotiations over Heixiazi Island 167
Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia 201
Visit to Latin America in the New Millennium 235
Land Boundary and Marine Delimitation:Negotiations with Vietnam 273
The China-US South China Sea Air Collision Incident 319
The Maturing of China-EU Relations 363
The Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan 476
The Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum 508
Postscript 564