Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. The emergence of New Asia and its historical significance -- 2. The motive power for world economic integration -- Pt. II. Individual Countries -- 3. Japan: the fuse for Asian economic development -- 4. South Korea: the tragedy of partition and the response -- 5. China -- 6. Taiwan -- 7. Singapore -- 8. Overseas Chinese, the catalyst for the Chinese economic sphere -- 9. New members of New Asia -- 10. India: another Asian giant -- 11. ASEAN: catalyst for New Asia.