Overview

This book evaluates China’s relations with sub-regional Southeast Asia through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework. The book looks at domestic drivers and regional receptivity of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and also delves into the challenges of China’s engagement in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. The book examines how China’s BRI will contribute to the development of these countries, to regional economic integration and cooperation processes within a political-economic context. It addresses the BRI process within the GMS on three levels: regional, individual recipient countries and the Chinese perspective. The case studies in the book will help to provide insights on China’s growing economic influence in sub-regional Southeast Asia and its Belt and Road Initiative. This book will appeal to researchers interested in the BRI, China's relations with Southeast Asia and China’s neighbourhood policy and how domestic considerations are influencing China’s policy making.

Full Product Details

Author:   Christian Ploberger (Thammasat University, Bangkok) ,  Soavapa Ngampamuan (Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand) ,  Tao Song (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780367518530

ISBN 10:   0367518538
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   09 January 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction and overview. I THE REGIONAL LEVEL 2. Regionalisation, regionalism and sub-regional integration processes: the Mekong River Basin and BRI. 3. Addressing the Mekong sub-region rising energy demand: implications for sub-regional investment strategies 4. Southeast Asia’s raising energy demand Central Asia and the BRI II INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY FOCUS 5. Thailand’s 4.0 development strategy in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative 6. Examining Laos’ Policy Responses to BRI 7.Potentials and challenges in addressing Cambodia’s development challenge: integration China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the GMS process III CHINESE PROVINCIAL LEVEL 8 .Yunnan, the nexus hub between China and Southeast Asia, in the context of BRI 9.Guangxi: Multi-regional Cooperation along the Belt and Road

Reviews

""A refreshing, and important analysis on the origins, purpose and impact of the BRI [… this book] debunks many of the hyperbolic assessments about the BRI and shifts the attention and empirical analysis to domestic politics and considerations. In so doing, it uncovers a wealth of information regarding sub-regional Southeast Asia’s receptivity to and interest in the BRI."" - Chin-Hao Huang, Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Review in The China Quarterly (doi:10.1017/S0305741024000031)

"""A refreshing, and important analysis on the origins, purpose and impact of the BRI [… this book] debunks many of the hyperbolic assessments about the BRI and shifts the attention and empirical analysis to domestic politics and considerations. In so doing, it uncovers a wealth of information regarding sub-regional Southeast Asia’s receptivity to and interest in the BRI."" - Chin-Hao Huang, Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Review in The China Quarterly (doi:10.1017/S0305741024000031)"

Author Information

Christian Ploberger is an Academic Researcher and Lecturer at the International Studies Program, Department of Political Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Soavapa Ngampamuan is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand. Tao Song is Associate Professor at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.

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