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ASIAN AFFAIRS: AN AMERICAN REVIEWVOL: 42 NO 4 (2) answer(s).
 
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United States, China, and Geopolitics in the Mekong Region / Yoshimatsu, Hidetaka   Article
Yoshimatsu, Hidetaka Article
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Summary/Abstract The main objective of this study is to elucidate great power politics in the Mekong region by exploring how China and the United States have committed to the development of Mekong countries and what characteristics are found in the commitments. The argument that this study advances is three-fold. First, China's pragmatic policies and close linkages with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have contributed to raising economic linkages and political leverage in the Mekong region. Second, the US commitments to Mekong development were characterized by advanced-nation-centered and ideal-oriented, which did not necessarily lead to strengthening political and economic linkages between the United States and Mekong countries. Third, while the US Mekong policies have gradually become more practical by paying attention to infrastructure development with strengthened linkages with ASEAN, the United States needs to advance policy harmonization with Japan and search for dialogue with China in pursuing combined objectives of governance and geopolitics.
Key Words ASEAN  ;  Southeast Asia  ;  Governance  ;  Mekong Development 
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Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou's historic 2015 meeting in Singapore: an interpretation / Chai, Winberg   Article
Chai, Winberg Article
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Summary/Abstract This essay analyzes the interactions between two competing powers, China under the Chinese Communist Party, and Taiwan, a democracy, for the future of Taiwan. It provides background on how Taiwan became a non-resolvable issue since the Communists defeated the Kuomintang government on the Chinese mainland in a civil war from 1945–1949. Then the two sides developed into two different political systems: the People's Republic of China­—a one-party state controlled by the Chinese Communist Party; and the Republic of China on Taiwan—a multi-party democracy espousing multiple political ideologies. This essay offers the author's predictions for the future.
Key Words CCP  ;  Cross-Strait Relations  ;  DPP  ;  KMT  ;  ARATS  ;  SEF  ; 
One China Policy  ;  92 Consensus  ;  TRA Taiwan Relations Act 
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