Taiwan and Southeast Asia

Soft Power and Hard Truths Facing China's Ascendancy

Karl Chee Leong Lee, Ying-kit Chan, Karl Chee Leong Lee, Ying-kit Chan

• Verlag: Routledge
• Jahr: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781000903386
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Politics & International Relations
• Thema: Asian Politics

Lee, Chan and their contributors analyse the different kinds of soft power deployed by Taiwan in its bid to strengthen its relations with its neighbours in Southeast Asia.

Despite not having formal diplomatic relations with Southeast Asian countries after their diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China decades ago, Taiwan continues to be a key economic and socio-cultural partner for the region at large. Successive administrations in Taiwan from the Chen to Tsai eras have circumvented the long-standing absence of diplomatic recognition with the diffusion of soft power ? shaping what others want with attractiveness ? through the utilization of its existing economic and socio-cultural links with Southeast Asian countries. While such soft power diffusion contributes to Taiwan's triple quests for legitimacy as a member of international community, status as a constructive actor in the region and long-term economic prosperity for the island-state, the emergence of China as an economic superpower in the 21st century has significantly challenged such quests from Taipei. The contributors to this volume examine both the intentions and the reception of Taiwan's approach to the nations of ASEAN.

An essential read for students and researchers investigating the impact and limitations of soft power in foreign policy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• 1 Introduction: Taiwan’s International Ostracization and Soft Power
• 2 Taiwan and Southeast Asia: From the Republic of China to the Taiwan Generation
• 3 Shifting the Foundation of Taiwan-Cambodia Relations: Potential Effects of Taiwan’s NSP
• 4 Cambodia-Taiwan Relations: Of Survival and Soft Power
• 5 Taiwan’s Soft Power in Indonesia: Assessing the Education Aspects
• 6 The Current Developments and Achievements of Taiwan’s Humanistic Soft Power on Indonesian Migrant Workers
• 7 Taiwan’s Soft Power in Laos: The Duality of Overseas Chinese Bamboo Network and Private Sector-Driven Initiatives
• 8 Reconfiguring Taiwan’s Soft Power in Malaysia: “Blue Ocean” Collaborations under the New Southbound Policy (NSP)
• 9 Will Taiwan’s Hard-Earned Relationship with Myanmar Change in the Post-Coup Era?
• 10 Taiwan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) as Soft Power Instrument in the Philippines
• 11 Navigating the China Factor in Taiwan’s Soft Power Diffusion in the Philippines
• 12 Taiwanese Popular Culture and the Prospects of Taiwan’s Soft Power in Singapore-Taiwan Relations
• 13 Taiwan’s Soft Power in the Perceptions of the Thai Elites: From the Cold War to COVID-19
• 14 Age of Disruption and Taiwan’s Soft Power in Thailand: The Milk Tea Alliance
• 15 Taiwan’s Soft Power in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future
• 16 Unpacking Taiwan-Vietnam Relations: Empirical Study of Taiwan’s Image in Vietnam
• 17 Conclusion: Taiwan’s Hardening Soft Power
• Index