Burgeoning Sino-Thai Relations: Heightening Cooperation, Sustaining Economic Security

Chantasasawat, Busakorn

doi:10.1353/chn.2006.0002

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“…Largely conflict-free and driven by mutual interests, political relations between the two countries have also improved significantly over years and grew closer and warmer. Visits by top-level politicians are frequent and the cooperation between the two countries is extensive (Chantasasawat, 2006). These relations became even closer after the 2014 coup which was denounced by the US and many other Western countries.…”

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The productive power of rising China and national identities in South Korea and Thailand

Bukh

2021

The Pacific Review

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Drawing on the insights of the constructivist school approach, this article joins the debate on the effects of rising China in Asia. The existing scholarship devoted to no-material aspects of China's rise focused either on China's 'soft power' initiatives or their reception by certain audiences. In this article, rising China and its governance model, are construed as a form of productive power, one that is expected to bring about not only shifts in material relations and perceptions but also transformations in the national identities of countries in the region. This article focuses on South Korea and Thailand, two countries with fundamentally different political systems but a similar pattern of recent interactions with China. It analyzes the policymaking elites' discourse and public attitudes and explores the productive effects of China's rise on national identities in the two countries. This article argues that the impact of China's rise on elites' discourse has been largely negligible with narratives on kinship and historical ties being used by the elites mostly for instrumental reasons. At the same time, this article suggests that the recent shifts in public attitudes towards greater acceptance of authoritarian values observed in South Korea and Thailand, may be indicative of the productive effect of rising China on national identities in both countries.

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The productive power of rising China and national identities in South Korea and Thailand

Bukh

2021

The Pacific Review

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“…At the same time, a parallel trend occurred in anti-communist countries where the Soviet demise alleviated their governments’ longstanding fear of communist subversion. With the death of global communism, rulers in these countries no longer had the motivation to propagate or enforce an anti-communist ideology (Chantasasawat 2006). In fact, their capitalist elites quickly saw new opportunities for making money, as living standards in socialist countries were low and their workers were not allowed to organise independent unions.…”

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“…For Myanmar, the issues are China's geostrategic ambitions in the Indian Ocean, the control of resources by ethnic Chinese in Myanmar's economy, and the migration of hundreds of thousands of Chinese into ethnic areas in Myanmar (Haack 2010). For Thailand, Sino-Thais have been deeply integrated into Thai society, but resentment against them still persists both among some urban elites and in rural towns (Callahan 2003; Chantasasawat 2006). For Vietnam, both anti-Chinese sentiments and the dependence of Vietnamese economy on Chinese imports are contentious issues (Giap 2011; Thayer 2010b: 399–404; Vuving 2010).…”

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Southeast Asia's New Nationalism: Causes and Significance

Vu¹

2013

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This paper explains the post-Cold War surge of nationalism in Southeast Asia and discusses its significance for regional peace and cooperation. As argued, the growth of nationalism as a form of mass politics has different causes in each Southeast Asian context where it occurs, but at the regional level the phenomenon can be explained by three factors: the failure of earlier nationalist movements to fully deliver their promises; a shift in the international and regional order (the end of the Cold War and the rise of China); and a change in domestic order (political liberalisation and democratisation) that was also occurring across many countries in the region. While the main mission of the new nationalism is the defence of national territory, the movements have the unintended impact of bringing together national communities once divided by Cold War ideologies. The phenomenon also poses some serious risks to regional peace and cooperation.

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“…For example, according to some sources, more than 1500 bilateral visits by government officials at all levels took place in the two years after the 1997 crisis. 97 In 1999, Thailand and China signed the Joint Declaration on the Cooperation Program of the 21st century, wherein both sides pledged military cooperation and further economic ties. 98 In 2012, Thailand and China further signed a series of agreements on building a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.…”

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Under the Shadow of China-US Competition: Myanmar and Thailand’s Alignment Choices

Han

2018

The Chinese Journal of International Politics

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With the U.S. and China competing for influence in Southeast Asia, how secondary states in the region make their foreign policy choices has come under more scrutiny. It seems secondary states in the region have exerted strong will and capacity to maintain significant amount of freedom in choosing their foreign policy orientations, rather than being totally dictated by the great powers. This paper presents a detailed paired comparison of Myanmar and Thailand's alignment policies and their consequences since the end of World War II. The paper argues that international structural factors certainly constrain the options for secondary states, but domestic politics often play a significant role in how political leaders make the alignment choices they do, which is heavily conditioned by how these leaders derive their political legitimacy. Thus, to explain the alignment choices of secondary states in Southeast Asia, we need to pay more attention to the intertwined nature between domestic political contestation and foreign policy making.

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Burgeoning Sino-Thai Relations: Heightening Cooperation, Sustaining Economic Security

Cited by 6 publications

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The productive power of rising China and national identities in South Korea and Thailand

The productive power of rising China and national identities in South Korea and Thailand

Southeast Asia's New Nationalism: Causes and Significance

Under the Shadow of China-US Competition: Myanmar and Thailand’s Alignment Choices

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