Reflections From China on Xi Jinping's “Asia for Asians

Bibliographic Data

ID6041165
AuthorsLinda Jakobson (Centre for Policy Studies, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume8
Issue1
Pages219-223
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12230
OpenAlexW2555106954
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

Internal debates continue in China and abroad about the meaning and significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's position on a new Asian regional security order. Some observers insist that a strongly worded May 2014 speech Xi delivered in Shanghai reflects China's intensified determination to exercise an increasingly assertive posture toward the United States. Others suspect that such rhetoric is largely designed for internal consumption to appeal to nationalist sentiments about the need for China to stand up to the United States and take a leadership role in the region. Such differences in interpretation are extended to discussions about China's attitudes toward the United States’ continued strategic presence in Asia and about Washington's maintenance of its long‐standing alliance network there. The truth is that a combination of Chinese aspirations for shaping a new regional security architecture tempered by the realities and constraints of what China can actually do at this point in time must be acknowledged by both Chinese policymakers and their foreign counterparts

Alliance · Appeal · China · Meaning (existential · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suspect · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Psychology

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