Rajiv Ranjan is Associate Professor in Global Studies at the College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China.

Guo Changgang is Professor at the College of Liberal Arts; Director of the Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University, and Director of the Institute of History, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China.

1. Introduction: China and South Asia in the 21st Century PART I: Politics and Strategy 2. CPEC and Changing Dynamics of China-India Relations 3. China's Trishula Approach in South Asia: Challenges to Balancing the End Game 4. Coping with Rising China: Responses of the Small States of South Asia 5. Cooperation or Competition in China-India Relations: A Quantitative Analysis of Debate 6. Security Environment in South Asia: The Role of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Part II: Belt and Road Initiative 7. China's 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road and its Influence on the Development of South Asia: A Geopolitical Perspective 8. Belt and Road Initiative: Changing Dynamics of Development in South Asia 9. Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese Normative Power in South Asia 10. Bangladesh-China Maritime Security Cooperation: A Search for New Opportunities under the 'Belt and Road' Initiative Part III: Ideology, Media and Culture 11. The Impact of Sino-Soviet Spilt on the Left Politics in Pakistan 12. Image of China in Afghan Media 13. Prospects of China-India Bilateral Cooperation in Cultural Industry in a New Stage of the 21st Century 14. Development of Cultural Eco-tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan: Opportunities and Challenges in the Wake of CPEC Part IV: Great Power Politics 15. Anticipating the China Challenge: China's Rise and the United States' Security Policy vis-à-vis India 16. China's Belt and Road Initiative and the Indian Ocean Balance 17. Russia's "Pivot to the East" and its Impact on Asia-Pacific Region and South Asia