A Short History of China and Southeast Asia

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  • 1 Introduction Abbreviations x

  • 2 The Chinese view of the world

    • The Confucian worldview

    • The Chinese way of war

    • Empire and world order: Qin and Han



  • 3 Early relations

    • Early Southeast Asia

    • Expansion of contacts: trade and religion

    • The special case of Vietnam

    • Southeast Asia and the Song

    • Conclusion



  • 4 Mongol expansionism

    • Mongol conquests

    • The projection of Mongol power

    • Implications for Southeast Asia

    • Changing worldviews

    • Conclusion



  • 5 Sea power, tribute and trade

    • The tributary system

    • Ming expansionism

    • The Ming voyages

    • Later Ming–Southeast Asia relations

    • Conclusion



  • 6 Enter the Europeans

    • Tribute and trade

    • China, Southeast Asia, the Portuguese, and the Dutch

    • The Qing

    • Challenges to the Chinese world order

      • The late Qing and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia vi

      • Conclusion



    • 7 The changing world order

      • Nationalism and politics among the overseas Chinese

      • Sino–Thai relations

      • The Second World War and its aftermath

      • Conclusion



    • 8 Communism and the Cold War

      • The Chinese Marxist–Leninist worldview

      • Early PRC–Southeast Asia relations

      • The First Indochina War

      • The ‘Bandung spirit’

      • Complications and setbacks

      • The Second Indochina War

      • Developing bilateral relations regimes



    • 9 Fresh beginnings

      • Shifting relations in continental Southeast Asia

      • The Cambodian problem

      • The economic imperative

      • From ASEAN six to ASEAN ten

      • The South China Sea

      • Patterns of interaction





  • 10 Future directions

    • China: strategic goals and international relations culture

    • Three scenarios

    • China and ASEAN

    • Conclusion



  • Notes

  • Suggested reading

  • Index

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