burden and takes into account the realities of China’s rise and the relative decline in dominance of the U.S. There are a … and development will depend on the extent to which the four countries become concerned about China’s activities in both …

China’s rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas … Chinese in Southeast Asia. China has become a skilled practitioner of “commercial diplomacy”, and as long as it continues to … lead the way in regional integration, China’s state-led capitalism will seek to integrate itself into the ASEAN Economic …

China has targeted Myanmar's resources to enhance and provide resources for its economic growth. Myanmar's proximity …

Bilateral energy cooperation between China and Indonesia is not new. It can be traced back to the 1980s. Although the … share of Chinese overseas oil and gas upstream acquisitions in Indonesia and the inflow of investment from China were minor …, China's recent investment flow to Indonesia's mining sector has been increasing rapidly. The reason for the increase of …

history with China and even experienced a Golden Age thanks to the thriving caravan trade between Yunnan and mainland … linking Kunming to Bangkok. The growing link between Laos and China has alarmed many scholars and development workers, both … necessary to go beyond the image of Laos regularly depicted as a weak state, a victim of globalization, and of China in …

China's 2+7 Initiative towards ASEAN aims to create an economic, security and political partnership that will be deeper … than ASEAN's partnerships with other external powers. This partnership would be inherently unequal and China's effort to … secure this relationship should be seen in the context of China's agenda to achieve great power status. China seeks Southeast …