Connecting and Distancing
Southeast Asia and China
Published on 30. January 2010
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-981-230-856-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Connecting" and "distancing" have been two prominent themes permeating the writings on the historical and contemporary developments of the relationship between Southeast Asia and China. As neighbours, the nation-states in Southeast Asia and the giant political entity in the north communicated with each other through a variety of diplomatic overtures, political agitations, and cultural nuances. In the last two decades with the rise of China as an economic powerhouse in the region, Southeast Asia's need to connect with China has become more urgent and necessary as it attempts to reap the benefit from the successful economic modernization in China. At the same time, however, there were feelings of ambivalence, hesitation and even suspicions on the part of the Southeast Asian states vis-à-vis the rise of a political power which is so less understood or misunderstood. The contributors of this volume are authors of various disciplinary backgrounds: history, political science, economics and sociology. They provide a spectrum of perspectives by which the readers can view Sino-Southeast Asia relations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pasir Panjang
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-230-856-6 (9789812308566)
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Content
Introduction by Ho Khai Leong; PART I: History and Remembrance; 1. China Meets Southeast Asia: A Long-Term Historical Review by Wu Xiao An; 2. Philippine-China Connection from Pre-Colonial Period to Post-Cold War Era: An Assessment by Edgardo Dagdag; 3. Defining Identity through Remembering the War: Representation of the Second World War in Chinese Newspapers in the Immediate Postwar Singapore by Mike Shi-chi Lan; 4. Re-positioning "Patriotism": Various Aspects of Financial Support to China in Penang around 1911 by Shinozaki Kaori; 5. Perceptions of China for the Overseas Chinese Tea Traders in Colonial Singapore, 1928-1958 by Jason Lim; 6. Myanmar's Relations with China from Tagaung through Hanthswaddy-Taungngu Periods by Goh Geok Yian; PART II: The Cultural and Chinese Identity; 7. Capital Accumulation along Migratory Trajectories: China Students in Singapore's Secondary Education Sector by Yow Cheun Hoe; 8. China and the Cultural Identity of the Chinese in Indonesia by Aimee Dawis; PART III: Economy, Politics and Regionalism; 9. Strategic Policy Responses to the Emergence of China as an Economic Powerhouse: Southeast Asia Perspective by Ng Beoy Kui; 10. When Old Regionalism Meets New Regionalism: Taiwan and China in East Asian Regional Integration by Chin-Ming Lin; 11. Language Power: Relational Rhetoric and Historical Taciturnity A Study of Vietnam-China Relationship by Chan Yuk Wah.