China in the South Pacific: Hegemon on the horizon?

Pacific Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-158

  Yang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China threat; China South Pacific; Hegemonic rise; Soft power; Strategy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; HEGEMONY; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SECURITY THREAT; SUPERPOWER;

CHINA;

EID: 77449114444     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740902815292     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. AAP General News Wire (2007) 'Asia - China's footprint is everywhere in Africa', September; accessed at http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/pqdweb?index=0&did=1371997611&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1202686201&clientId=13395, 11 February 2008.
2. AsiaPulse News (2007) 'China-Latin America trade surges 43.5% in Jan-Sept', 23 November; accessed at http://www.zibb.com/article/2236490/CHINALAT-IN+AMERICA+TRADE+SURGES+435+IN+JANSEPT, 10 February 2008.
3. Associated Press (2008) 'Taiwan's president-elect vows end to checkbook diplomacy in Pacific', 26 March; accessed at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VL2UHG0&show_article=1, 13 April 2008.
4. Biddick, T. (1989) 'Diplomatic rivalry in the South Pacific: the PRC and Taiwan', Asian Survey 20(8): 800-15.
5. Chase-Dunn, C. and Grimes, P. (1995) 'World-systems analysis', Annual Review of Sociology 21: 387-481.
6. Cox, R. W. (1983) 'Gramsci, hegemony and international relations: an essay in method', Millennium 12(2): 162-75.
7. Cox, R. W. (1997) Global perestroika, in G. T. Crane and A. Amawi (eds) The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy: A Reader, 2nd edn, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 158-75.
8. Crocombe, R. (2005) 'The growing Chinese presence in the region', Islands Business, January; accessed at http://www.islandsbusiness.com/islands_business/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focus-ModuleID=3869/overideSkinName=issueArticle-full.tpl, 11 February 2008.
9. Crocombe, R. (2007) Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West, Suva, Fiji: IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific.
10. Dobell, G. (2007a) China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: Diplomatic Chess versus Pacific Political Rugby, Sydney: Lowy Institute for International Policy, pp. 1-19.
11. Dobell, G. (2007b) 'The Pacific proxy: China vs Taiwan', Australia Network, 7 February; accessed at http://australianetwork.com/news/infocus/s1842245.htm, 20 March 2008.
12. Erikson, D. P. and Chen, J. (2007) 'China, Taiwan, and the battle for Latin America', The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 31(2): 69-88.
13. Feizkhah, E. (2001) 'How to win friends... Beijing is courting tiny Pacific nations', Time International 157(22): 34.
14. Gilpin, R. (1981) War and Change in World Politics, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
15. Goldstein, A. (2005) Rising to the Challenge: China's Grand Strategy, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
16. Hanson, F. (2008) The Dragon in the Pacific: More Opportunity than Threat, Sydney: Lowy Institute for International Policy, June, pp. 1-12.
17. Henderson, G. (2003) 'Howard should end confusion on foreign policy', The Age, 2 June; accessed at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/02/1054406130164.html, 14 April 2008.
18. Henderson, J. and Reilly, B. (2003) 'Dragon in paradise: China's rising star in Oceania', The National Interest 72: 94-104.
19. Henningham, S. (1991) The foreign and defence stances of the South Pacific states, in S. Henningham and D. Ball (eds) South Pacific Security: Issues and Perspectives, Canberra: Australian National University, pp. 60-89.
20. Hoadley, S. (1992) The South Pacific Foreign Affairs Handbook, Sydney: Allen & Unwin in association with the NZ Institute of International Affairs.
21. Hoadley, S. and Yang, J. (2007) 'China's cross-regional FTA initiatives: towards comprehensive national power', Pacific Affairs 80(2): 327-48.
22. Islands Business Magazine (2007) 'U.S. in hurry to recover lost ground in Pacific', Pacific Islands Report, 26 June; accessed at http://archives.pireport.org/archive/2007/june/06-26-ed3.htm, 19 July 2008.
23. Lafargue, F. (2006) 'China's strategies in Latin America', Military Review 86(3): 80-4.
24. Li, H. (2007) 'China's growing interest in Latin America and its implications', Journal of Strategic Studies 30(4-5): 833-62.
25. Lintner, B. (2007) 'The sinicizing of the South Pacific', Asia Times, 18 April; accessed at http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ID18Ad02.html, 19 March 2008.
26. Lu, W. and Zheng, J. (2006) Yuanqiao' shijian shi shei re de huo - cong Suoluomen Tangrenjie bei shao shuoqi [Who Should be Blamed for the 'Resentment against the Overseas Chinese' - Reflections on the Burning Down of the China Town in the Solomon Islands], Guangzhou: The Overseas Chinese Affairs of Guangdong Province, pp. 1-32.
27. Lum, T. and Vaughn, B. (2007) The Southwest Pacific: U.S. Interests and China's Growing Influence, Report, Washington: Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, pp. 1-27.
28. McCarthy, F. L. (2005) New Zealand's Pacific advantage, in J. Henderson and G. Watson (eds) Securing a Peaceful Pacific, Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, pp. 43-9.
29. National Bureau of Statistics of China (1996-2007) China Statistical Yearbook.
30. New Zealand Herald (2007) 'Riots the tip of the Pacific iceberg', 14 December; accessed at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=209&objectid=10482257, 13 February 2008.
31. Nye, J. S. (2004) Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, 1st edn, New York: Public Affairs.
32. Ong, R. (2007) China's Security Interests in the 21st Century, London and New York: Routledge.
33. Ross, R. S. (2005) 'Assessing the China threat', The National Interest 81:81-7.
34. Seneviratne, K. (2006) 'South Pacific: Chinese relief from domineering Australia', Inter Press Service (IPS), 17 April; accessed at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32909, 19 March 2008.
35. Shambaugh, D. (2002) Modernizing China's Military: Progress, Problems, and Prospects, Berkeley: University of California Press.
36. Shie, T. R. (2007) 'Rising Chinese influence in the South Pacific', Asian Survey 47(2): 307-26.
37. Statistics New Zealand (2007) QuickStats National Highlights (Revised 9 August 2007); accessed at http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9EA758CE-CEC5-4869-9FB8-B6644C2A9838/0/2006censusquickstatsnationalhighlightsrevised.pdf, 22 July 2008.
38. Strange, S. (1997) The future of the American empire, in G. T. Crane and A. Amawi (eds) The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy: A Reader, 2nd edn, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 253-64.
39. Sutter, R. (2007) 'Charm offensive: how China's soft power is transforming the world; the dragon looks South: China and Southeast Asia in the new century' (book review), Contemporary Southeast Asia 29(3): 526-8.
40. The Senate - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (2003) A Pacific Engaged: Australia's Relations with Papua New Guinea and the Island States of the Southwest Pacific, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, August; accessed at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/Committee/FADT_CTTE/completed_inquiries/2002-04/png/report/index.htm, 20 July 2008.
41. The Senate - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (2006) China's Emergence: Implications for Australia, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, March; accessed at http://www.comw.org/cmp/fulltext/0603chinareport.pdf, 14 April 2008.
42. US Department of State (2007) 'Background note: Micronesia', December; accessed at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1839.htm, 14 April 2008.
43. Versi, A. (2006) 'Is China Africa's best friend?', African Business 320: 11; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5327/is_200605/ai_n21391002, 14 April 2008.
44. Wallerstein, I. (1997) The three instances of hegemony in the history of the capitalist world-economy, in G. T. Crane and A. Amawi (eds) The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy: A Reader, 2nd edn, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 244-52.
45. Wesley-Smith, T. (2007) China in Oceania: New Forces in Pacific Politics, Honolulu: East-West Center.
46. Windybank, S. (2005) 'The China syndrome', Policy 21(2): 28-33.
47. Yan, X. (1996) Zhongguo guojia liyi fenxi [An Analysis of China's National Interests], Tianjin: Tianjin renmin chubanshe [Tianjin People's Publishing House].
48. Yang, J. (2007) Of interest and distrust: understanding China's policy towards Japan, China: An International Journal 5(2): 250-75.
49. Zhang, Y. (2007) 'China and the emerging regional order in the South Pacific', Australian Journal of International Affairs 61(3): 367-81.