Includes bibliographical references and index.

China's rise through the prism of middle powers / Bruce Gilley and Andrew O'Neil -- Locating middle powers in international relations theory and power transitions / James Manicom and Jeffrey Reeves -- China's discovery of middle powers / Bruce Gilley -- U.S. responses to middle powers and China / David A. Cooper and Toshi Yoshihara -- South Korea's middle power response to the rise of China / TongFi Kim -- Malaysia, Thailand, and the ASEAN middle power way / Amy L. Freedman -- Indonesia responds to China's rise / Ann Marie Murphy -- Australia : a traditional middle power faces the Asian century / Thomas S. Wilkins -- South Africa's middle power ambitions : riding the dragon or being its pet? / Janis van der Westhuizen and Sven Grimm -- Turkey and China in the post-cold war world : great expectations / Yitzhak Shichor -- Brazil's rise as a middle power : the Chinese contribution / Anthony Peter Spanakos and Joseph Marques -- Conclusion : seeing beyond hegemony / Bruce Gilley and Andrew O'Neil.

China's rise is changing the dynamics of the international system. Middle Powers and the Rise of China is the first work to examine how the group of states referred to as ""middle powers"" are responding to China's growing economic, diplomatic, and military power. States with capabilities immediately below those of great powers, middle powers still exercise influence far above most other states. Their role as significant trading partners and allies or adversaries in matters of regional security, nuclear proliferation, and global governance issues such as human rights and climate change are res.