This introduction to Scientific Results Volume 184 contains a bibliographical listing of Leg 184 postcruise research published in this volume and in journals, books, and special publications. The 22 papers published in this Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program volume document the paleoceanographic and tectonic history of the South China Sea based on paleontologic, biostratigraphic, geochemical, mineralogical, rock magnetic, magnetostratigraphic, sedimentological, and basin analytical studies. These and additional studies, such as those on tephrachronology and terrestrial ecosystems, either entirely or partly based on Leg 184 core samples, also resulted in 26 papers that were published in three special volumes dedicated to the marine micropaleontology and paleoceanography of the South China Sea, the Asian monsoons, and continent-ocean interactions in the East Asian marginal seas. An additional 54 papers were published in about 20 different scientific journals. In addition to the research papers documented in the following list, a continually updated bibliography of Leg 184-related citations is available online on the Ocean Drilling Program Web site (see "Leg-Related Citations" at www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/184_SR/184TOC.HTM).