•  Breslin: ‘Understanding China’s regional rise’
•  Notion of China superseding US influence in Asia should be questioned
•  The ‘imagined’ power of China enhances actual Chinese influence
•  Regional engagement (as opposed to competition) is the logical path
given new security threats (piracy, SARS, terrorism)
•  How unique is the ‘Chinese model’ of development?
•  Acharya: ‘Seeking Security In The Dragon’s Shadow’
•  SE Asia benefits from rising China and would seek to accommodate it
•  Approaches its rise with ‘cautious optimism’
•  China needs ASEAN’s cooperation ‘to realise its leadership ambitions’
•  China’s economic relations with SE Asia are not a zero-sum game
•  ‘Counter-dominance’: Using a mix of approaches ‘to prevent the total
dominance of a region by any outside power’ (19)
•  Liru: ‘Peaceful Rise’
•  ‘China threat’ theory is a fallacy
•  Chinese model a ‘marriage between Oriental and Occidental
civilisations’ (15)
•  China should continue its integration ‘with globalisation’ while making
social reforms domestically
•  Current US dominance in the Asia Pacific untenable
•  Shambaugh: ‘Thinking about China’s future’
•  Chinese government should abandon ‘slogan diplomacy’ (19)
•  ‘China first’ foreign policy
•  There needs to be more specifics on what kind of political reforms
should be implemented; top-down or bottom-up?
•  US influence in region should not be underestimated
•  Neither should other (potential) powers such as India, Japan, Brazil, etc.
•  The power of political rhetoric & other uses of language
•  Historical constructions of China and their impact (if any) on the
current debate
•  Impact of policy advocacy on academic & wider public debate
•  Comparison to ‘Japan threat’ or other similar cases
•  Power of the media to shape understandings and
misunderstandings
•  Election cycles and the need for political/economic scapegoats
•  Is the ‘threat’ real or imagined? If real, what kind of threat does
China pose (economic, military, ideological)?
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