Chinese Power: Trends in Engagement and Containment

About the Book

The East Asia Strategic Review is an annual publication of the East Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. The current volume titled “Chinese Power: Trends in Engagement and Containment” intends to present an Indian perspective on China’s strategic outreach in the East Asian region under President Xi Jinping. It analyses how Beijing employs the instruments of diplomacy, economy, military and political outreach to engage with the regional countries and how US presence influences the regional dynamics.

About the Editors

Gaurav Misra is serving Indian Army officer. He was a Research Fellow with the East Asia Centre at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. He holds an M.Sc degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University, Chennai and an M.Phil degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Punjab Universit, Chandigarh. His research interests are China and Pakistan strategic affairs.

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

1. Introduction: China’s Strategic Engagement

Gaurav Misra

Part I: Regional Dynamics

2. China-Japan Relations in the Abe Shinzo Era

TitliBasu

3. Russia-China Dynamics in East Asia

ManabhanjanMeher

4. Turning the Spotlight Back on the US-China-Taiwan Triangle

Prashant Kumar Singh

Part II: Security Contours

5. Dreaming of a Strong Army: The Chinese Military in East Asia

M. S. Prathibha

6. China’s Maritime Manoeuvring from the East China Sea to the Indian Ocean Region: A Quest for Maritime Primacy

Sarabjeet S. Parmar

7. China’s Strategy, Nuclear Modernisation Trends: Implications for East Asian Security

Roshan Khanijo

Part III: Economic Diplomacy and Challenges

8. US-China Trade War and its Impact on the Regional Relational Dynamics
G Balachandran and Nivedita Kapoor

9. China and the Regional Multilateral Architecture in Southeast Asia: A Geopolitical Flux

AtmajaGohainBaruah

10. From Trade Ties to Economic Statecraft: China’s Evolving Economic Diplomacy in East and Southeast Asia

Priyanka Pandit