Connecting and Distancing : : Southeast Asia and China / / ed. by Ho Khai Leong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: An, Wu Xiao,; Dagdag, Edgardo E.,; Dawis, Aimee,; Hoe, Yow Cheun,; Kaori, Shinozaki,; Kui, Ng Beoy,; Lan, Mike Shi-chi,; Leong, Ho Khai,; Lim, Jason,; Lin, Chin-Ming,; Wah, Chan Yuk,; Yian, Goh Geok,
• HerausgeberIn: Khai Leong, Ho,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)

"Connecting" and "distancing" have been two prominent themes permeating the writings on the historical and contemporary developments of the relationship between Southeast Asia and China. As neighbours, the nation-states in Southeast Asia and the giant political entity in the north communicated with each other through a variety of diplomatic overtures, political agitations, and cultural nuances. In the last two decades with the rise of China as an economic powerhouse in the region, Southeast Asia’s need to connect with China has become more urgent and necessary as it attempts to reap the benefit from the successful economic modernization in China. At the same time, however, there were feelings of ambivalence, hesitation and even suspicions on the part of the Southeast Asian states vis-à-vis the rise of a political power which is so less understood or misunderstood. The contributors of this volume are authors of various disciplinary backgrounds: history, political science, economics and sociology. They provide a spectrum of perspectives by which the readers can view Sino–Southeast Asia relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. History and Remembrance -- 1. China Meets Southeast Asia: A Long-Term Historical Review -- 2. Philippine-China Connection from Pre-Colonial Period to Post-Cold War Era: An Assessment -- 3. Defining Identity through Remembering the War: Representation of World War II in Chinese Newspapers in the Immediate Post-war Singapore -- 4. Re-positioning “Patriotism”: Various Aspects of Financial Support to China in Penang around 1911 -- 5. Perceptions of China for the Overseas Chinese Tea Traders in Colonial Singapore, 1928–58 -- 6. Myanmar’s Relations with China from Tagaung through Hanthawati-Taungngu Periods -- Part II. The Cultural and Chinese Identity -- 7. Capital Accumulation along Migratory Trajectories: China Students in Singapore’s Secondary Education Sector -- 8. China and the Cultural Identity of the Chinese in Indonesia -- Part III. Economy, Politics and Regionalism -- 9. The Economic Emergence of China: Strategic Policy Implications for Southeast Asia -- 10. When Old Regionalism Meets New Regionalism: Taiwan and China in East Asian Regional Integration -- 11. Language Power: Relational Rhetoric and Historical Taciturnity A Study of Vietnam-China Relationship -- Index