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5 - The Institutional Tactics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2022

Yong Deng
Affiliation:
United States Naval Academy, Maryland
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The chapter looks at China’s approach to regional and global institutions. It starts with a quick review of Asian regionalism first led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, focusing on how Asian regionalism facilitated China’s socialization in the 1980s–1990s. The chapter then explores China’s multipronged strategy in dealing with its evolving institutional environment. First, China has pursued a latent regionalism, which is centered on East Asia, relies on the BRI, and takes advantage of ASEAN-led mechanisms to mitigate geopolitical trends harmful to its interests. Second, China has undertaken limited institutional innovation, opting instead to promote its targeted reformist agenda towards the Bretton Woods economic order. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the only institution China created and has led, demonstrates its preference of reform over innovation concerning the global economic order. Finally, to project influence, China has relied on its leadership positions in regional organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the United Nations system, including the World Health Organization. Taken together, China’s institutional tactics show that instead of offering an alternative Chinese order, China has been mainly interested in reshaping the institutional settings of its international environment.

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China's Strategic Opportunity
Change and Revisionism in Chinese Foreign Policy
, pp. 142 - 177
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Institutional Tactics
  • Yong Deng, United States Naval Academy, Maryland
  • Book: China's Strategic Opportunity
  • Online publication: 28 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105095.006
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  • The Institutional Tactics
  • Yong Deng, United States Naval Academy, Maryland
  • Book: China's Strategic Opportunity
  • Online publication: 28 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105095.006
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  • The Institutional Tactics
  • Yong Deng, United States Naval Academy, Maryland
  • Book: China's Strategic Opportunity
  • Online publication: 28 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105095.006
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