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The rationale for this volume on China's Rise in Mainland ASEAN:
New Dynamics and Changing Landscapes stems from the rise in recent
years of China, ASEAN's giant neighbor, and in its wake the
significant economic, political, and socio-cultural developments in
the ASEAN region. In the last two decades, China has successfully
established itself as a powerful regional and global power,
surpassing Japan in 2010 as the second largest economy of the
world, and has become a major player in the affairs of South East
Asian nations.At the same time, while China's spectacular growth
makes it vulnerable in terms of expanding its global dependence, it
also makes its neighbours equally vulnerable due to their growing
dependence on China. All of these developments have led China
through its evolving foreign policy to exert considerable influence
on its immediate ASEAN neighbours in many complex ways.While the
China-ASEAN bilateral relations are soaring, there are growing
concerns among ASEAN member countries about the nature of China's
engagement with ASEAN. In this context, this book focuses on
China's influence on mainland ASEAN countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. China's Rise in Mainland ASEAN: New
Dynamics and Changing Landscapes contributes useful insights, rich
discussions, as well as the debates relevant to building a
knowledge base about and better understanding of China's rising
influence in mainland ASEAN.
Southeast Asia's interactions with China have tremendously
transformed and prospered in the recent decades, with China
becoming ever more present on Southeast Asian soil in recent
history, touching all dimensions: economic, political, social, and
cultural. The current ASEAN-China dynamics are remarkably different
from the past, bearing both excitement and caution for watchers. In
this context, the advent of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
has added a new perspective to the nature of China's rise in ASEAN.
As the various BRI projects continue to unfold in ASEAN countries,
public concerns about the impact of these projects are on the
rise.However, there has not been enough extensive study on this
issue. This edited book contributes towards bridging the knowledge
gap by facilitating experts from ASEAN, China, and beyond, to
discuss, reflect, debate the ground realities of BRI based on the
local governments' and local people's experiences and narratives.
The chapters in this volume address various dimensions of the BRI,
provide unique perspectives, empirical evidence, and updated
information on the overall progress of BRI in ASEAN.
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