China's "Realpolitik" Engagement with Myanmar

Lee, PK; Chan, G; Chan, L

China's "Realpolitik" Engagement with Myanmar

Lee, PK Chan, G Chan, L

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Publisher:: World Security Institute
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: China Security, 2009, 1, 5 (1), pp. 105 - 126
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lee, PK	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chan, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chan, L https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-8329	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	China Security, 2009, 1, 5 (1), pp. 105 - 126	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1935-5564	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10329
dc.description.abstract	This paper asks why China engages with the reclusive military regime of Myanmar and shields it from international opprobrium over its dismal human rights record. Conventional wisdom has it that China wishes to gain a foothold in the untapped energy resources of this Southeast Asian nation when China is increasingly reliant on imported oil and gas and to establish military bases on Myanmar soil. Without completely repudiating the first argument, the paper contends that the scramble for energy is not the principal reason for China to adopt an accommodating approach towards Myanmar. The principle and practice of non-interference espoused by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with regard to democracy and the human rights situation in Myanmar, also plays a pivotal role in shaping Chinaâs relations with the military junta. The paper sheds light on Chinaâs grand strategy of building up an architecture of global governance on the basis of regional intergovernmental organisations, aimed at reducing the hegemonic influence of the United States in Asia and the world.	en_US
dc.publisher	World Security Institute	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper asks why China engages with the reclusive military regime of Myanmar and shields it from international opprobrium over its dismal human rights record. Conventional wisdom has it that China wishes to gain a foothold in the untapped energy resources of this Southeast Asian nation when China is increasingly reliant on imported oil and gas and to establish military bases on Myanmar soil. Without completely repudiating the first argument, the paper contends that the scramble for energy is not the principal reason for China to adopt an accommodating approach towards Myanmar. The principle and practice of non-interference espoused by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with regard to democracy and the human rights situation in Myanmar, also plays a pivotal role in shaping Chinaâs relations with the military junta. The paper sheds light on Chinaâs grand strategy of building up an architecture of global governance on the basis of regional intergovernmental organisations, aimed at reducing the hegemonic influence of the United States in Asia and the world.

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