POLI 338 Lecture Notes - Sri Lanka Post, 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation
5 Apr 2013
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Chinese involvement (1979- ) also marked beginning of us-chinese diplomatic relations. Cambodian khmer rouge supported by china, but opposed by. Major result following war is vietnam entry into asean (1990s) Asean: thailand, malaysia, singapore, indonesia, philippines, brunei (1960s) Chinese trade and cultural (chinese diaspora) ties desire by asean (malaysia) to counterbalance u. s. influence with. 1997 asian financial crisis: china not as affected; beginning of asean- Chinese free-trade proposal with asean members in 2002; realized in. India proposes tree-trade proposal with asean members in 2003; realized in 2010. 2004: china establishes china-asean friendship association (cultural/societal communication; establishment of confucius institutes) India also has significant trade ties with asean countries. Chinese influence, despite indian membership became observer in 2005. Mainly not because close relations with china, so much as poor relations with india thus, india attempts to exert influence mainly through asean, not. Saarc despite competition, china and india do have cooperation efforts as well, particularly in energy exploration.
