Dividing ASEAN and Conquering the South China Sea China’s Financial Power Projection / Daniel C. O'Neill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neill, Daniel C., author.

Series:

Hong Kong scholarship online.

Hong Kong scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South China Sea--International status.

South China Sea.

China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.

China.

Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--China.

Southeast Asia.

ASEAN.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019

Summary:

The "ASEAN Way" is based on the principle of consensus; any individual member state effectively has a veto over any proposal with which it disagrees. Dividing ASEAN and Conquering the South China Sea analyzes how China uses its influence to divide ASEAN countries in order to prevent them from acting collectively to resolve their territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Using comparative case studies of China's relations with Cambodia, the Philippines, and Myanmar, O'Neill argues that the regime type in the country with which China is interacting plays an important role in enhancing or constraining China's ability to influence the governments of developing states within ASEAN and globally. Authoritarian institutions facilitate Chinese influence while democratic institutions inhibit that influence. O'Neill argues that as long as ASEAN includes developing, authoritarian regimes, and given that the United States and other global powers are unlikely to risk any serious conflict over each push of China's maritime boundaries, little by little, China will assert its sovereignty over the South China Sea. Nevertheless, noting the long-term, global trend of states democratizing, he contends that if China chooses to engage in more sophisticated bilateral politics, such as providing incentives to a broader range of interest groups in democratic states, then China will have more success in projecting its power globally.

Contents:

Introduction : the rise of China in the South China Sea

Multilateralism and divisions in ASEAN

asean member states' maritime claims

Buying influence : the strings attached to Chinese "aid"

Comparative political systems : family dynasties in the Philippines and Cambodia

Sino-Cambodian ties that bind

Sino-Philippine relations : back to the future?

Evolving institutions and declining Chinese influence in Myanmar

Dividing ASEAN and the limits to China's influence abroad.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789888455461

988845546X

OCLC:

1082878380