The Struggle for Recognition: Diplomatic Competition Between China and Taiwan in Oceania

Fossen, Anthony van

doi:10.1007/s11366-007-9008-0

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“…However, around one‐quarter of Taiwan's small number of diplomatic allies are located in the South Pacific. Consequently, China's and Taiwan's foreign policy in the region has been driven by their respective efforts to bring these Pacific island nations into the fold (Crocombe, 2007; Van Fossen, 2007). The resulting ‘chequebook diplomacy’ has had positive effects for the South Pacific nations in terms of short‐term economic gains, but has complicated democratic competition, led to corruption and social conflict and has been roundly criticised (Brady and Henderson, 2010).…”

Section: China's Relations In the Pacificmentioning

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What do newspapers make of China in the South Pacific?

Sullivan

Seiler-Helmer

2012

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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The purpose of this research note is to provide an empirical indication of how China's increasing role in the South Pacific has been presented in their own and other nations' media over the last 20 years. What is the tone of coverage? Which issues are salient? How does this vary by nation? What changes are there over time? This research note reports information derived from over 1000 articles published in Australasian, Asian and Pacific newspapers in the last 20 years. The findings demonstrate that nations dealing with 'China's rise' in the South Pacific are faced with a range of complex issues, which can produce ambivalent and mixed reactions. For instance, although the tone of Australian and New Zealand newspaper coverage of China's entry into their 'special patch' is, overall, more negative than positive, negativity is largely driven by coverage of China's diplomatic efforts in the region and geopolitical considerations. Other aspects of China's expanding role (e.g. economic and cultural aspects) are treated much more positively. Similarly, although the major focus of Pacific newspapers is on Chinese aid and economic impact, which are treated very positively, coverage of other issues can be negative.

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Section: China's Relations In the Pacificmentioning

confidence: 99%

What do newspapers make of China in the South Pacific?

Sullivan

Seiler-Helmer

2012

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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“…Although Nauru had been a long-time ally of Taiwan, the island state accepted the Chinese monetary assistance in return for recognising Beijing. Three years later, prompted by China's failure to come up with the pledged millions in aid and Taiwan's assistance in paying off a debt of US$13.5 million, Nauru switched its loyalty back to Taipei again (Su 2005;Van Fossen 2007). 15.…”

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Debunking Myths about China: The Determinants of China’s Official Financing to the Pacific

Grieken

Kantorowicz

2019

Geopolitics

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With China rapidly expanding its aid programme in the Pacific Islands region, there is a growing concern among established powers about China's sway over the aid-dependent Pacific Island states. Systematic studies of China's development finance to the small island countries are, however, rare and generally limited to mapping Chinese finance flows in the Pacific. This study seeks to contribute to the literature on China's development efforts in the Pacific Islands region. Drawing on project-level data from AidData for the period 2000-2014, this paper disaggregates China's official financing into its constituent parts and systematically explores the determinants of China's Official Development Assistance (ODA) and its commercially-oriented finance flows to the Pacific. The panel data analysis finds that, contrary to popular belief, China does not reward voting compliance in the United Nations nor is its allocation of financing to the Pacific influenced by the countries' level of indebtedness.

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“…As the Kiribati politician quoted at the beginning of this article articulates (see also Corbett 2013), strategically adept Pacific SIS can derive benefits from IOs by leveraging aid, support from larger states like Russia, Taiwan, and China (Stringer 2006;Van Fossen 2007), and by voting in blocs (like the ACP). There are also substantial benefits associated with being classified as 'small' and 'developing' by IOs: membership of the UN Small Island Developing States network, for example, or access to the Commonwealth Secretariat's Small States Office.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Since Keohane (1969), the literature on small states in IOs either focuses on their relationships with larger states or 'great powers ' (e.g. Stringer 2006;Van Fossen 2007) or the capacity of their domestic bureaucracies (Jacobs 1975;Murray 1985;Bray 1992;Schahczenski 1992;ADB 1995). We take a different approach.…”

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All the world is a stage: global governance, human resources, and the ‘problem’ of smallness

Corbett¹,

Connell²

2015

The Pacific Review

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The involvement of small island states (SISs) in a growing number of international organisations (IOs) has placed increased pressure on domestic bureaucracies and political systems. Rapid turnover among SIS leaders, combined with generational change and decreased local support, has amplified disadvantages. Growing complexity has therefore further exposed the long-standing vulnerabilities of SISs. They can play a creative role at the margins, and on certain issues in certain IOs, but in general asymmetries prevail. The lesson is that national sovereignty does not always equal control, and what might superficially appear to be equal access is constrained by the availability of technical expertise to the detriment of SISs.

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The Struggle for Recognition: Diplomatic Competition Between China and Taiwan in Oceania

Cited by 26 publications

References 17 publications

What do newspapers make of China in the South Pacific?

What do newspapers make of China in the South Pacific?

Debunking Myths about China: The Determinants of China’s Official Financing to the Pacific

All the world is a stage: global governance, human resources, and the ‘problem’ of smallness

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