Contents China?s Self-Extrication from the ?Malacca Dilemma? and its Impact on ASEAN / Chen Shaofeng China-Southeast Asian Economic Relations in the 21st Century : Evolving Features and Future Challenges / Sheng Hongfang China and East Asian Regional Integration : Inception of ACFTA and APEC at 20 Is Cross-Strait Unification Possible? China?s Model of Democracy / Bo Zhiyue Why China needs to Build Shanghai into an International Financial Centre? Interregional Comparative Analysis of China?s Developmental Disparity Migration and Trade : The Role of Overseas Chinese in the Economic Relations between China and Southeast Asia Chinese Migrant Workers in Singapore : An Analysis based on Interviews Women, International Migration and Development : Chinese Women?s Migration to Southeast Asia since 1978