A Short History of China and Southeast Asia
The growth of the Chinese economy in the 1990s built upon the Open Door policy. This encouraged private foreign investment in th ...
greatly as Chinese business groups took advantage of globalisation. In fact, Chinese capital within ASEAN countries became more ...
From ASEAN six to ASEAN ten The burgeoning economic relationship between China and the wealthier Southeast Asian nations, with i ...
caused considerable loss of life; and both were strongly condemned by the international community. Neither joined the chorus of ...
Rangoon about membership of ASEAN, despite the military regime’s unsavoury human rights record. The inclusion of Brunei in 1984 ...
number of instruments to deal with international relations, trade and security, meant that it became a significant player in Chi ...
involving it in as many international and regional ‘dialogues’ as pos- sible. In a number of these (the Asia–Pacific Economic Co ...
Territorial claims in the South China Sea. ...
Hainan. Sovereignty over the Paracels remains an issue, but between China and Vietnam only: it does not impinge on China–ASEAN r ...
China moved cautiously in backing its own claim to the Spratlys, first consolidating the Paracels as a strong naval and air base ...
In China’s view, occupations of Spratly islands by other countries constitute provocative attempts to encroach on Chinese territ ...
If nothing is done to resolve the sovereignty issue, time will favour China. The Spratlys obviously fit into China’s long-term p ...
Moreover, world standing necessarily entails exerting regional influ- ence. In addition, China seeks to shape a world order that ...
science and technology to its economy, both industry and agriculture, and to its military capability. Of the sources of social p ...
10 Future directions The rise of China and how to accommodate this will be one of the major international relations challenges o ...
The China–Southeast Asia relationship is crucially important for both sides. For the nations of Southeast Asia, relations with C ...
China: strategic goals and international relations culture China has learned much from its history, and the rest of the world sh ...
maintaining the territorial and political unity of China is today unquestioned by either communist or nationalist Chinese, despi ...
China’s intentions, of course, reflect its strategic goals. Two goals closely linked to that of reunification are the preservati ...
Chinese foreign policy. Sheng Lijun argues that Chinese perceptions of status discrepancy have comprised four elements: between ...
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