China’s Normative Power in Managing South China Sea Disputes

Han, David

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“…As a result, China had either negotiated or signed various economic partnerships and free trade agreements with ASEAN, South Korea, and Australia by 2014. In the physical aspect, the BRI and the establishment of the AIIB served as the follow-up actions and became crucial policy tools for China's policy on the geopolitics of Asia, including East Asia (Han, 2017; Li, 2020; Ross, 2019; Weissmann, 2020; Yuan, 2018). Contrary to that, the US under the Obama administration experienced worsening relations with its allies; for example, related to the US position on the 2014 Thailand military coup, the US role in the Malaysia 1MDB scandal in 2015, the position of the US towards the Philippines’ aggressive anti-drug policy in 2016 (Tan, 2020).…”

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The Impact of Geopolitical Influence on Regional Cooperation and Integration in East Asia

Hartono

2021

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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Recent developments in regional studies argue that geopolitical influence is one factor affecting the regional order. However, studies on geopolitical influence have yet to cover East Asia to explain East Asia's regional order. The quantitative approach to geopolitical influence studies still faces a methodological challenge because it uses an arbitrary weighting of geopolitical influence in developing an index. In order to address those challenges, this research deploys factor analysis as a non-arbitrary weighting system to measure the geopolitical influence of China, Japan, Russia, and the US in East Asia during the period from 2005 to 2018. Additionally, this research explores how the geopolitical influence of those countries affects East Asia's regional cooperation and integration. The research shows that: (1) China has been able to compete with the US for geopolitical influence in East Asia since 2014, and (2) Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and US geopolitical influence positively contributes to regional cooperation and integration in East Asia, with the US and China as the main contributors. The research highlights three possible causes to explain the results: China's regional infrastructure initiatives, rejuvenation of China's view on globalization, and the relative decline of US relations with the allies in the region.

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The Impact of Geopolitical Influence on Regional Cooperation and Integration in East Asia

Hartono

2021

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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“…While recognizing the importance of shared objectives and values in multilateral cooperation, Chan adopting a "soft balance" perspective, contends that through providing regional public goods to Eurasian countries, China exploits the acknowledgement and acceptance of its leadership to moderately compete with the existing hegemony of the US, and the purpose is to establish new rules and norms [17]. Meanwhile, Han questioned the efficacy of China's efforts to promote norms, particularly in light of ASEAN's commitment to multilateralism and maintaining its own centrality as it has constrained China's ability to resolve conflicts with member countries that have emerged from the South China Sea dispute [18].…”

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The Constitution of China’s Role Identity as a Responsible Major Power: Exploring International Interactions and Domestic Ethical Notions

2024

EHSS

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As a member of the international society, China, along with other state actors, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and transnational corporations, actively assumes its corresponding responsibilities. This paper explores the constitution of China’s role identity as a “responsible major power”, a significant yet relatively unexplored topic. Employing the sociological theoretical framework of identity theory, the paper transcends traditional constructivist theories and examines how expectations linked to China’s role as “responsible major power” are generated and fulfilled. This involves interactions with other international actors in international institutions and the influence of traditional domestic notions. The paper highlights that China’s behaviors align with a “responsible major power” and have effectively disseminated associated values and beliefs, albeit with varying levels of acceptance from its role partners. Moreover, China’s perception this role identity is also influenced by “Tianxia” notion.

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“…Amit Singh (2012) presents the reason why the South China Sea's disputes are a regional issue but able to catch the attention of the world. David Guo Xiong Han (2017) highlights the relationship between China and ASEAN. Han (2017) argues that China has sought to be recognized as a 'normative power' by this bloc.…”

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“…David Guo Xiong Han (2017) highlights the relationship between China and ASEAN. Han (2017) argues that China has sought to be recognized as a 'normative power' by this bloc. Broadly speaking, scholars, especially from Western countries, do not take sides in the disputes.…”

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The rise of China and its impact on East Asia

AISDL¹

2021

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“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world” - Napoleon Bonaparte. The rise of China is a phenomenon in the 21st century. The rise of China is one of the most significant contributions to the restructuring of the world order as well as the Asian Pacific order. Although the United States remains one of the most powerful countries in the world, its regional and global hegemony has been considerably challenged by China. This paper contains three main objectives: (1) to present an overview on the miraculous growth of Chinese economy; (2) to identify the challenges from China’s rise posing on the regional and international system; and (3) to make an analysis on the case of the South China Sea disputes in order to clarify the reaction of the system towards the China’s rise.

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China’s Normative Power in Managing South China Sea Disputes

Cited by 8 publications

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The Impact of Geopolitical Influence on Regional Cooperation and Integration in East Asia

The Impact of Geopolitical Influence on Regional Cooperation and Integration in East Asia

The Constitution of China’s Role Identity as a Responsible Major Power: Exploring International Interactions and Domestic Ethical Notions

The rise of China and its impact on East Asia

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