Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008

This article examines the clashing images of an emergent China among American China Watchers. In the early years of the 21st century, these American China Watchers dismissed the image of China as a military threat to the US. Instead, they observed that China uses its growing economic resources and m...

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Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-36472021-10-25T01:26:44Z Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008 De Castro, Renato Cruz This article examines the clashing images of an emergent China among American China Watchers. In the early years of the 21st century, these American China Watchers dismissed the image of China as a military threat to the US. Instead, they observed that China uses its growing economic resources and multilateral diplomacy to enhance its relations with the ASEAN member-states. Eventually, they perceived China's emergence as a constraint on American political and economic interests in Southeast Asia. They depicted China as pervasively influential and applying soft-power to engage the US in a zero-sum game in the region. However, this image is negated by a contrasting view that accentuates the limits of Chinese diplomatic gambit. In conclusion, the article links these clashing images to Beijing's foreign policy objectives in Southeast Asia, and Washington's strategy of hedging against any challenge that an emergent China poses. 2011-12-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2648 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository China--Foreign relations--United States United States--Foreign relations--China China—Foreign public opinion International Relations
institution De La Salle University
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topic China--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--China
China—Foreign public opinion
International Relations
spellingShingle China--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--China
China—Foreign public opinion
International Relations
De Castro, Renato Cruz
Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008
description This article examines the clashing images of an emergent China among American China Watchers. In the early years of the 21st century, these American China Watchers dismissed the image of China as a military threat to the US. Instead, they observed that China uses its growing economic resources and multilateral diplomacy to enhance its relations with the ASEAN member-states. Eventually, they perceived China's emergence as a constraint on American political and economic interests in Southeast Asia. They depicted China as pervasively influential and applying soft-power to engage the US in a zero-sum game in the region. However, this image is negated by a contrasting view that accentuates the limits of Chinese diplomatic gambit. In conclusion, the article links these clashing images to Beijing's foreign policy objectives in Southeast Asia, and Washington's strategy of hedging against any challenge that an emergent China poses.
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author De Castro, Renato Cruz
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title Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008
title_short Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008
title_full Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008
title_fullStr Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008
title_full_unstemmed Clashing American images of an emergent China and 21st-century China-ASEAN relations: 2001-2008
title_sort clashing american images of an emergent china and 21st-century china-asean relations: 2001-2008
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