JOANILDO A. BURITY is Senior Researcher, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, and Lecturer in Sociology and Political Science, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil JOHANNA JANSSON is a Senior Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa ANIRUDH KRSHNA is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, USA ANAND KUMAR is Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, President of the Indian Association of Sociology and Coordinator of the Global Studies Programme, India JAMES H. MITTELMAN is University Professor of International Affairs at American University, Washington, DC, USA SANUSHA NAIDU is Research Director of the China in Africa programme based with FAHAMU in South Africa JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE is Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA RAVI A. PALAT is Associate Professor of Sociology, Binghamton University, New York, USA BOIKE REHBEIN is Director of Global Studies Programme, University of Freiburg, Germany HERMANN SCHWENGEL is Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Freiburg, Germany GANESH K. TRICHUR teaches Global Political Economy and Asian Political Economy in the Global Studies department at St. Lawrence University, New York, USA