Read more
Lee, Chan and their contributors analyse the different kinds of soft power deployed by Taiwan in its bid to strengthen its relations with its neighbours in Southeast Asia. An essential read for students and researchers investigating the impact and limitations of soft power in foreign policy.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Taiwan's International Ostracization and Soft Power
Karl Chee Leong Lee2. Taiwan and Southeast Asia: From the Republic of China to the Taiwan Generation
Samuel C.Y. Ku3. Shifting the Foundation of Taiwan-Cambodia Relations: Potential Effects of Taiwan's NSP
Wen-Pin Lin4. Cambodia-Taiwan Relations: Of Survival and Soft Power
Bradley J Murg and Sok Udom Deth5. Taiwan's Soft Power in Indonesia: Assessing the Education Aspects
Tonny Dian Effendi6. The Current Developments and Achievements of Taiwan's Humanistic Soft Power on Indonesian Migrant Workers
Ali Maksum7. Taiwan's Soft Power in Laos: The Duality of Overseas Chinese Bamboo Network and Private Sector-Driven Initiatives
Tai Wei Lim8. Reconfiguring Taiwan's Soft Power in Malaysia: "Blue Ocean" Collaborations under the New Southbound Policy (NSP)
Karl Chee Leong Lee9. Will Taiwan's Hard-Earned Relationship with Myanmar Change in the Post-Coup Era?
Kristina Kironska10. Taiwan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) as Soft Power Instrument in the Philippines
Jan Vincent Galas 11. Navigating the China Factor in Taiwan's Soft Power Diffusion in the Philippines
Reymund B. Flores12. Taiwanese Popular Culture and the Prospects of Taiwan's Soft Power in Singapore-Taiwan Relations
Brenda Chan13. Taiwan's Soft Power in the Perceptions of the Thai Elites: From the Cold War to COVID-19
Sitthiphon Kruarattikan14. Age of Disruption and Taiwan's Soft Power in Thailand: The Milk Tea Alliance
Suwannarat Meesomboonpoonsuk15. Taiwan's Soft Power in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future
Huynh Tam Sang 16. Unpacking Taiwan-Vietnam Relations: Empirical Study of Taiwan's Image in Vietnam
Alan H. Yang17. Conclusion: Taiwan's Hardening Soft Power
Ying-kit Chan
About the author
Karl Chee Leong Lee is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Ying-kit Chan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore.
Summary
Lee, Chan and their contributors analyse the different kinds of soft power deployed by Taiwan in its bid to strengthen its relations with its neighbours in Southeast Asia. An essential read for students and researchers investigating the impact and limitations of soft power in foreign policy.
