Cheng, Yao Chao creator text xu| 2005 continuing ng p.3949-952. Apart from responding to the contention of the `China threat', this paper analyses China's role in the process of Asian economic integration. The author argues that China's active participation in the Asian economic unification process will enhance the country's political and democratic reforms and help it become a solid pier in building a secure foundation for peace in Asia and the world. - Reproduced. Economic integration Economic and Political Weekly 180718