China’s influence in Southeast Asia

Chong, Ja Ian

doi:10.4324/9781003088431-21

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Extant studies mainly adopt political‐economic approaches to exploring China's growing influence in regional issues (e.g. Lin et al ., 2019; Chong, 2021; Liu et al ., 2021). Moving beyond this, the papers in this section also provide socio‐cultural, historical and everyday perspectives to understand Chinese influence and geopolitics through the analysis of cultural re‐identifications, identity reconstruction, heritage (re)making and the reorientation of non‐Mandarin language activities in the era of China's emergence as a global power.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diasporic Chinese voluntary associations engage China's rise

Chen,

Show,

Hertzman

2023

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Since the late 1970s, China has gradually risen as a global power, which culminates in the present moment when large‐scale geopolitical and economic ventures such as the Belt and Road Initiative have generated diversified cross‐border connections. This is most forcefully felt in the Chinese diaspora, and particularly those in Southeast Asia since the region is home to the largest and most diverse diasporic Chinese population. Chinese voluntary associations (CVAs), as crucial social institutions in the Chinese diaspora, are actively engaging with China's rise and responding to the (trans) regional political‐economic and socio‐cultural changes. In this introduction of the special section, we open up a collection of five research articles and one commentary that discuss the ambivalences and tensions in CVAs’ engagement with China's rise. We conceptualize CVAs as ever‐evolving ancestral communities which actively (re)position themselves in relation to complex configurations of power dynamics taking place between actors in China and the Chinese diaspora. Ancestral communities evolve through a constant mediation of the two mutually‐constitutive processes of transnationalization and localization, which take on dual‐facing and double‐embedded orientations. This special section also highlights the continuing significance and renewed engagement of CVAs and potential tensions and conflicts generated in changing geopolitical and domestic environment.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diasporic Chinese voluntary associations engage China's rise

Chen,

Show,

Hertzman

2023

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Regional International Organizations and Health: A Framework for Analysis

Greer

Amaya

Jarman

et al. 2021

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Context: Regional international organizations, from the South African Development Community (SADC) to the European Union (EU), are organizations that promote cooperation among countries in a specific region of the world. Asking what RIOs do to health and health policy by looking only at their formal health policies can understate their effects (e.g., a free trade agreement with no stated health goals can affect health policy) and overstate their effects (as with agreements full of ambition that did not deliver much). Methods: We adopt a "three faces" framework that identifies their direct health policies, the effects of their trade and market policies, and their effects on health via fiscal governance of their member states in order to better capture their health impact. We tested the usefulness of the framework by examining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), EU, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA/USMCA), SADC, and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). Findings: All RIOs had some impact on health systems and policies; and, in many cases, the principal policies were not identified as health policy. Conclusions: Such a framework will be useful in understanding their effects on health systems and policies because it captures indirect and even unintended health effects in a way that permits development of explanatory theories.

show abstract

China’s influence in Southeast Asia

Cited by 2 publications

References 0 publications

Diasporic Chinese voluntary associations engage China's rise

Diasporic Chinese voluntary associations engage China's rise

Regional International Organizations and Health: A Framework for Analysis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About