The Rise of China and Its Implications to Northeast Asia

Ting Wai ()
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Ting Wai: Advanced Institute for Contemporary China Studies & Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, AAB 1110, 11/F, Academic and Administration Building, Baptist University Road Campus, Hong Kong

TalTech Journal of European Studies, 2019, vol. 9, issue 2, 75-97

Abstract: The rise of China has aroused heated debates on whether the country would become the “revisionist” power in challenging the supreme position of the “status quo” power, the United States. This paper aims to examine whether the rise of China would, firstly, empower Beijing to solve the long-term crisis in the Korean Peninsula, and secondly, complicates the picture in solving the difficult historical and political issues in Sino-Japanese relations. It is argued that the increasing economic and military capabilities of China are not instrumental in fostering significant changes within North Korea and in monitoring the external behavior of its leaders. A more nationalistic China which lacks soft power also hinders a favorable solution to the challenges of Sino-Japanese relations.

Keywords: balancer; brinkmanship; Diaoyu Islands; international norms; nationalism; Pivot to Asia; Rebalancing; revisionist power; Six-Party Talks; soft power; status quo power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1515/bjes-2019-0015

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