Taiwan and Southeast Asia

Auteur

Karl Chee Leong Lee is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Ying-kit Chan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore.

Résumé
Lee, Chan and their contributors analyse the different kinds of soft power deployed by Taiwan in its bid to strengthen its relations with its neighbours in Southeast Asia. An essential read for students and researchers investigating the impact and limitations of soft power in foreign policy.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Taiwan's International Ostracization and Soft Power

Karl Chee Leong Lee

2. Taiwan and Southeast Asia: From the Republic of China to the Taiwan Generation

Samuel C.Y. Ku

3. Shifting the Foundation of Taiwan-Cambodia Relations: Potential Effects of Taiwan's NSP

Wen-Pin Lin

4. Cambodia-Taiwan Relations: Of Survival and Soft Power

Bradley J Murg and Sok Udom Deth

5. Taiwan's Soft Power in Indonesia: Assessing the Education Aspects

Tonny Dian Effendi

6. The Current Developments and Achievements of Taiwan's Humanistic Soft Power on Indonesian Migrant Workers

Ali Maksum

7. Taiwan's Soft Power in Laos: The Duality of Overseas Chinese Bamboo Network and Private Sector-Driven Initiatives

Tai Wei Lim

8. Reconfiguring Taiwan's Soft Power in Malaysia: "Blue Ocean" Collaborations under the New Southbound Policy (NSP)

Karl Chee Leong Lee

9. Will Taiwan's Hard-Earned Relationship with Myanmar Change in the Post-Coup Era?

Kristina Kironska

10. Taiwan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) as Soft Power Instrument in the Philippines

Jan Vincent Galas

11. Navigating the China Factor in Taiwan's Soft Power Diffusion in the Philippines

Reymund B. Flores

12. Taiwanese Popular Culture and the Prospects of Taiwan's Soft Power in Singapore-Taiwan Relations

Brenda Chan

13. Taiwan's Soft Power in the Perceptions of the Thai Elites: From the Cold War to COVID-19

Sitthiphon Kruarattikan

14. Age of Disruption and Taiwan's Soft Power in Thailand: The Milk Tea Alliance

Suwannarat Meesomboonpoonsuk

15. Taiwan's Soft Power in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future

Huynh Tam Sang

16. Unpacking Taiwan-Vietnam Relations: Empirical Study of Taiwan's Image in Vietnam

Alan H. Yang

17. Conclusion: Taiwan's Hardening Soft Power

Ying-kit Chan