China's Footprints in Southeast Asia

2019 China

Author : Ma. Serena I. Diokno
Release : 2019
Genre : China
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Download or read book China's Footprints in Southeast Asia written by Ma. Serena I. Diokno. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The countries that make up Southeast Asia are seeing an incredible resurgence in their economic power. Over the past fifty years, their combined wealth has reached the same level as the United Kingdom and, taken together, they are on track to become the fifth-largest world economy. But that stability and success has drawn the attention of the second largest world economy--China. The emerging superpower is increasingly involved in Southeast Asia as part of the ongoing global realignment. As China deepens its influence across the region, the countries of Southeast Asia are negotiating spaces for themselves in order to respond to--or even challenge--China's power. This is the first book to survey China's growing role in Southeast Asia along multiple dimensions. It looks closely and skeptically at the multitude of ways that China has built connections in the region, including through trade, foreign aid, and cultural diplomacy. It incorporates examples such as the operation of Confucius Institutes in Indonesia or the promotion of the concept of guangxi.China's Footprints in Southeast Asia raises the question of whether the Chinese efforts are helpful or disruptive and explores who it is that really stands to benefit from these relationships. The answers differ from country to country, but, as this volume suggests, the footprint of hard and soft power always leaves a lasting mark on other countries' institutions.

China's Economic Footprint in South and Southeast Asia

2021 China

Author : Reena Marwah
Release : 2021
Genre : China
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Download or read book China's Economic Footprint in South and Southeast Asia written by Reena Marwah. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book analyzes China as an economic juggernaut, undergirded by aspirations and ambitions, through the lens of its vision and how it is envisioned. China's quest for enhancing its economic footprint across South and Southeast Asia through increasing trade, achieving technological supremacy, and making territorial acquisitions is relentless. The BRI initiatives, aimed at realizing win-win economic benefits, have created new challenges for the host countries more often than not. Economic aspirations must be shielded and protected by security umbrellas, thus making these countries partners of the China-dominated security architecture in South and Southeast Asia. Nowhere is this more evident than in the countries of Sri Lanka and Pakistan in South Asia. Despite Southeast Asian nations being viewed as within the ambit of China's historical sphere of influence, Myanmar and Thailand provide experiences different from their neighbours. The authors also navigate China's policies at home and abroad, providing a futuristic perspective on China's path to victory. The book provides answers to compelling questions as: How have strengthened economic relations of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand with China impacted their economies? Are the BRI projects and the debt burden they entail sustainable in the future, especially as economies are battered due to the pandemic? Could these countries afford to rethink their economic relations with China, given that there is a potential wariness of China's growing economic footprint and possession of their key resources? Could there be any roadblocks to China's emergence as the leading power in the Asia-Pacific region and globally? What will be the fallout for global geopolitics?"--

In the Dragon's Shadow

2020-08-07 History

Author : Sebastian Strangio
Release : 2020-08-07
Genre : History
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Download or read book In the Dragon's Shadow written by Sebastian Strangio. This book was released on 2020-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia Today, Southeast Asia stands uniquely exposed to the waxing power of the new China. Three of its nations border China and five are directly impacted by its claims over the South China Sea. All dwell in the lengthening shadow of its influence: economic, political, military, and cultural. As China seeks to restore its former status as Asia's preeminent power, the countries of Southeast Asia face an increasingly stark choice: flourish within Beijing's orbit or languish outside of it. Meanwhile, as rival powers including the United States take concerted action to curb Chinese ambitions, the region has emerged as an arena of heated strategic competition. Drawing on more than a decade of on-the-ground experience, Sebastian Strangio explores the impacts of China's rise on Southeast Asia, the varied ways in which the countries of the region are responding, and what it might mean for the future balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.

Connecting and Distancing

2009 History

Author : Ho Khai Leong
Release : 2009
Genre : History
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Download or read book Connecting and Distancing written by Ho Khai Leong. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Connecting" and "distancing" have been two prominent themes permeating the writings on the historical and contemporary developments of the relationship between Southeast Asia and China. As neighbours, the nation-states in Southeast Asia and the giant political entity in the north communicated with each other through a variety of diplomatic overtures, political agitations, and cultural nuances. In the last two decades with the rise of China as an economic powerhouse in the region, Southeast Asia's need to connect with China has become more urgent and necessary as it attempts to reap the benefit from the successful economic modernization in China. At the same time, however, there were feelings of ambivalence, hesitation and even suspicions on the part of the Southeast Asian states vis-a-vis the rise of a political power which is so less understood or misunderstood. The contributors of this volume are authors of various disciplinary backgrounds: history, political science, economics and sociology. They provide a spectrum of perspectives by which the readers can view Sino-Southeast Asia relations.

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