Part II Mapping Academic Scholarship on Regionalism by Aya Adachi For studying China’s behavioural pattern in regionalism it is useful to draw lessons from general work on comparative regionalism as well as scholarship on Asian specific regionalism. It ...
Resources for Mapping China’s Participation and Contribution in Asian Regional Cooperation
by Aya Adachi Part I Resources for Empirical Data The People’s Republic of China shares borders with 14 states (excluding Hongkong and Macau). As China is one of the largest country in the world and second largest in Asia, its regional association is ...
Mapping China Journal No. 1
Mapping China Journal Number 1 / 2017 Mapping China’s International Relations: Processes of Integration and Disintegration in the 21st Century Read the full Mapping China Journal Number 1 here. Individual Chapters: Read the Editors' Note and Introdu ...
The emergence of the AIIB in the context of current multilateral development cooperation
by Thomas Otto
After becoming an important global creditor of foreign direct investment, China now also takes a leading role in multilateral development cooperation by establishing a new multilateral development bank (MDB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). This step, as I will argue, is not taken by chance but is a reaction to the existing problems of MDBs’ lending activities in Asia. The establishment of the AIIB begs the question in what way China tries to transform current multilateral investment in Asia.
...The New Silk Road and Eurasian ambitions of China (CfE on ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ contribution)
by Alexey Alexandrovich Semenov Abstract Strengthening of China led to more proactive and assertive Chinese foreign policy aimed at increasing the global role of the country. The new Chinese diplomacy is focused on the active influence and inclusion of ...
Regional Peace in South Asia is the basic necessity for the success of China’s BRI initiative (CfE on “Belt and Road Initiative” contribution)
by Souvik Lal Chakraborty Disclaimer: This analysis was written a few weeks ago and does not include the most recent developments in South Asia's and especially India's relationship to China. ...
Territorial Dispute over Senkaku/Diaoyu Island between Japan and China and its Representation of Difficulties of Applicability of International Law
Territorial Dispute over Senkaku/Diaoyu Island between Japan and China and its Representation of Difficulties of Applicability of International Law Written by Ritika Singh Abstract International law is a rather young phenomenon – especially if we thin ...
CfP „Regional Integration and Disintegration“ contribution: China’s Approach to Multilateralism – The Case of the AIIB
China’s Approach to Multilateralism – The Case of the AIIB Written by Elisabeth Waldmann Abstract China's current ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative and the related establishment of a new multilateral development bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment ...
Integration and Disintegration in Asia: Mapping Domestic and Regional Challenges for China “Chinas Strategie im Südchinesischen Meer”
by Christian Flath Abstract Vor dem Hintergrund stetig wachsender Spannungen im Südchinesischen Meer analysiert die vorliegende Arbeit Chinas Strategie in der umstrittenen Region. Dabei argumentiert der Autor, dass chinesisches Handeln von drei zentr ...