A short history of China and Southeast Asia
Subtitle: tribute, trade and influence
By: by Martin Stuart-Fox.
Series: Short history of Asia series; Short history of Asia series (Crows Nest, N.S.W.)
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Crows Nest, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: China -- History.; Asia, Southeastern -- History.; China -- Foreign economic relations -- Asia, Southeastern.; Asia, Southeastern -- Foreign economic relations -- China.; China -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Southeastern.; Asia, Southeastern -- Foreign relations -- China.
Description: This informative but concise history of China and Southeast Asia is perfect for travelers, students, teachers, and businesspeople. Portable and attractively designed, it includes color illustrations, maps, and a brief history of the region. Explored are relations between China and Southeast Asia across two millennia; patterns of diplomacy, commercial networks, and migration; and how these have varied over time. With a focus on modern history, this is a fascinating account of imperial ambition, internal collapse and revival, cultural and commercial endeavors, and war and revolution. Important insight into the complicated history of the fastest-growing region in the world is offered.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Chinese view of the world : The Confucian worldview ; The Chinese way of war ; Empire and world order: Qin and Han; title: Early relations : Early southeast Asia ; Expansion of contacts: trade and religion ; The special case of Vietnam ; Southeast Asia and the song ; Conclusion; title: Mongol expansion : Mongol conquests ; The projection of Mongol power ; Implications for southeast Asia ; Changing worldviews ; Conclusion; title: Sea power, tribute and trade : The tributary system ; Ming expansionism ; The Ming voyages ; Later Ming-southeast Asia relations ; Conclusion; title: Enter the Europeans : Tribute and trade ; China, southeast Asia, the Portuguese, and the Dutch ; The Qing ; Challenges to the Chinese world order ; The late Qing and overseas Chinese in southeast Asia ; Conclusion; title: The changing world order : Nationalism and politics among the oversease Chinese ; Sino-Thai relations ; The second World War and its aftermath ; Conclustion; title: Communism and the Cold War : The Chinese Marxist-Leninist worldview ; Early PRC-Southeast Asia relations ; The first Indochina war ; The 'Bandung spirit' ; Complications and setbacks ; The second Indochina war ; Developing bilateral relations regimes; title: Fresh beginnings : Shifting relations in continental Southeast Asia ; The Cambodian problem ; The economic imperative ; From ASEAN six to ASEAN ten ; The South China Sea ; Pattern of interaction; title: Future directions : China: strategic goals and international relations culture ; Three scenarios ; China and ASEAN ; Conclusion.