Description: Changes to US foreign policy in the wake of the 9/11 attacks had a major impact on the Asia Pacific region, especially in China. This collection of essays addresses how the events of September 2001 have affected the United States, both globally and at home.
Brief description: Priscilla Roberts is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong, where she has taught since 1984, and is also Honorary Director of the university's Centre of American Studies. She has written or edited twenty books on twentieth-century diplomatic and international history, as well as many articles. Among them are The Cold War (Sutton, 2000); Window on the Forbidden City: The Chinese Diaries of David Bruce, 1973-1974 (2001); Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World Beyond Asia (2006); and Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940 (2010). Mei Renyi is a Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, and the Director of the university's American Studies Center. He is a member of the editorial board of the American Studies Quarterly, published by the Chinese Association of American Studies and the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. He is also an editorial board member for the International Forum of the Institute of International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University. His publications include the American Studies Reader; and numerous articles on various aspects of the United States. Yan Xunhua is a Lecturer at the American Studies Center of the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. His teaching and research focus on the international politics of the United States' now much debated preeminent position in the world, US-China relations, and China's contemporary foreign relations.