Is China's presence the key destabilising factor within ASEAN?

• Main Author: Lee, Hock Chye
• Other Authors: Kei Koga
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157138
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China’s presence in the region has oft times been cited as a key destabilising factor for ASEAN’s unity. China’s economic clout and political influence over Cambodia and Lao PDR have enabled China to gain a foothold in ASEAN’s consensus decision-making process which in turn empowers China to influen...