This chapter picks up the century-old communist idea that this system will one day evolve to dominate the capitalist system. Now that China is successfully catching up, it not only has gained considerable weight globally but it is also an emerging power in its own region of South East Asia....

Introduction and overview / Prema-chandra Athukorala -- Asian trade and investment : trends and patterns / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill -- The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Production fragmentation and...