China’s Soft Power Diplomacy in South Asia: Myth or Reality?

173 Pages·2017·1.533 MB·English

by  B M Jain

China’s Soft Power
Diplomacy in South Asia

China’s Soft Power
Diplomacy in South Asia
Myth or Reality?
B. M. Jain
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Contents
Acronyms vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 China’sSoftPowerDiplomacy:TheoreticalDiscourseand
ApplicationtoSouthAsia 1
2 China-IndiaRelations:SourcesofConflictandCooperation 29
3 China-PakistanRelations:ClosenesswithoutCommonality 55
4 ChinaandtheHimalayanStates:ForgingaNewStrategic
Understanding 73
5 ChinaandtheIslandStatesoftheIndianOcean:Geostrategic
Imperatives 95
6 China-BangladeshRelations:FromStrangerstoIntimateFriends 113
Conclusion 131
Bibliography 143
Index 149
AbouttheAuthor 153
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Acronyms
ASEAN AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations
BIT BangladeshInstituteofTechnology
BDCA BorderDefenceCooperationAgreement
BRICS Brazil,Russia,India,China,SouthAfrica
CBM ConfidenceBuildingMeasure
CIs ConfuciusInstitutes
CIKU ConfuciusInstituteatKathmanduUniversity
CPEC China-PakistanEconomicCorridor
CPN CommunistPartyofNepal
EEZ ExclusiveEconomicZone
GDP GrossDomesticProduct
IMF InternationalMonetaryFund
JeM Jaish-e-Muhammad
J&K JammuandKashmir
JWG JointWorkingGroup
LAC LineofActualControl
LoC LineofControl
LTTE LiberationTigersofTamilEelam
MNDF MaldivesNationalDefenceForce
MoU MemorandumofUnderstanding
vii
viii Acronyms
NSG NuclearSuppliersGroup
OBOR OneBelt,OneRoad
PLA People’sLiberationArmy(China)
PoK Pakistan-occupiedKashmir
PRC People’sRepublicofChina
SAARC SouthAsianAssociationofRegionalCooperation
SED StrategicEconomicDialogue
SPA SevenPartyAlliance
SR specialrepresentative
ULFA UnitedLiberationFrontofAssam
UN UnitedNations
WTO WorldTradeOrganization
ZTE ZhongxingTelecommunicationEquipment