The limits of twenty-first century Chinese soft-power statecraft in Southeast Asia: The case of the Philippines

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: China > Foreign relations > Philippines; Philippines > Foreign relations > China; China > Foreign relations > Southeast Asia; Southeast Asia > Foreign relations > China; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2649
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines how China's soft-power diplomacy has dramatically improved Philippine-China relations, a scenario unthinkable ten years ago. Since 2005, the two countries have significantly increased bilateral trade and investment relations as well as conducted close and intense security...