Impact of China's Rise on the Mekong Region
Yos Santasombat
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Description for Impact of China's Rise on the Mekong Region
Hardcover. This book presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China's rise on the Mekong Region with particular focus on the consequences stemming from investment, trade, foreign aid, and migration. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
This volume presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China's rise on the Mekong Region at a critical point in Southeast Asian history. As the most populated country and the second largest economy in the world, China has become an increasingly influential player in global and regional affairs in recent decades. Economic ties between China and her southern neighbors are particularly strong. Yet relations between China and the Mekong region are embedded in complex socio-cultural and political issues. China's accelerated growth, increasing economic footprint, rapid military modernization, and global search for energy, natural resources, and food security have created ... Read more
This volume presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China's rise on the Mekong Region at a critical point in Southeast Asian history. As the most populated country and the second largest economy in the world, China has become an increasingly influential player in global and regional affairs in recent decades. Economic ties between China and her southern neighbors are particularly strong. Yet relations between China and the Mekong region are embedded in complex socio-cultural and political issues. China's accelerated growth, increasing economic footprint, rapid military modernization, and global search for energy, natural resources, and food security have created ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137476210
SKU
V9781137476210
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Ref
99-15
About Yos Santasombat
Jean Chih-ying Cheng, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan Bien Chiang, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Anthropology, National Tsingha University, Taiwan Nguyen Van Chinh, Vietnam National University-Hanoi, Vietnam Pinkaew Laungaramsri, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Romyen Kosaikanont, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand Aranya Siriphon, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Touch Siphat, Department of Training and Research, Phnom Penh, Cambodia ... Read more
Reviews for Impact of China's Rise on the Mekong Region
“Impact of China’s Rise on the Mekong Region, edited by Yos Santasombat, is one of the few scholarly works to date that explores the nature of such change. The book makes an important contribution to understanding these new Chinese–Southeast Asian engagements on numerous counts.” (Antonella Diana, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 37 (3), December, 2015) 'Yos Santasombat is one of ... Read more