China and the Indo-Pacific: Maneuvers and Manifestations

Preface
Acknowledgements
Praise for China and the Indo-Pacific
Contents
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Tables
1 China’s Engagement and the Indo-Pacific
	Introduction
	The China-Led Transition of Asia–Pacific
	China’s Engagement by Other Stakeholders
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	References
2 Decoding ‘Sovereign Strategic Networks’ in the Indo-Pacific: Contesting China’s ‘Ascendant-Rise’
	Introduction
	Strategic Competition: Cooperative Vistas to Convergent Axes?
	The Economic Prosperity Network: A ‘Non-China’ Economic Security Compact
	Challenging Predatory Strategic-Capacitation: The Blue Dot Network
	Democratizing Commoditized Economy: Supply Chains Resilience Initiative
	Sanctity of ‘Data-Tech’: ‘G7’, ‘D10’ or ‘T10’?
	‘One Sun, One World, One Grid’: Mainstreaming Sustainable Development
	Conclusion
	References
3 US–China Strategic Competition: Through the Matrix of Complex Interdependence
	Introduction
	Asymmetries and Interdependence
	US Presence in the Indo-Pacific
	Shifting Complex Interdependence Axis
	Dissecting Its Theoretical Underpinning
	Concluding Remarks
	References
4 Sino-Japanese Relations: Drivers and Obstacles in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision
	Introduction
	China’s ‘New Era’ Under Xi Jinping
	The Precarious Seikei Bunri Formula
	Critical Junctures in Sino-Japanese Relations
	Characteristics and Approaches of the FOIP
	China Factor in Japan’s FOIP Vision
	Conclusion
	References
5 ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific: Motivations, Opportunities, and Challenges
	Introduction
	One Construct, Multiple Interpretations
	Indonesia’s Contribution to the AOIP
	The Geopolitics of the AOIP
	China and ASEAN Centrality
	ASEAN Unity and Its China Challenge
	Conclusion
	References
6 China in EU’s Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
	Introduction
	Why EU Needs to Join the Indo-Pacific?
	Untangling EU’s China Vision
	EU vs. Its Member States
	Complexities of the EU–China Relationship
	Can Indo-Pacific Solve China–EU Problems?
	China in the Making of the Indo-Pacific
	EU’s “Middle-Ground” Approach
	Tailpiece: What About Post-Brexit UK?
	Conclusion
	References
7 Evolving Indo-Pacific Multilateralism: China Factor in Australia’s Perspectives
	Australia as a Middle Power
	Multilateralism in Australia's Defence and Foreign Policy
	China Factor in Australia’s Multilateralism
	Multilateralism in Middle Powers’ Defence Strategies
	Multilateralism and Middle Powers’ Economic Strategies
	China and the Evolving Regional Architecture
	Conclusion
	References
8 The Community of Shared Futures: China’s Counter to Indo-Pacific Narratives
	Introduction
	Constructed and Contested Ideas in-the-Making
	Ideas of Indo-Pacific: Contestations and Convergences
	China’s Asia–Pacific Policy
	Factors and Forces Guiding China’s CSF
	CSF and Changing of the Normative Dynamics
		Motivations For China’s CSF
		From Harmonious World to CSF
		From Defensive to Proactive
		Intellectual Origins of CSF
	CSF in China’s Vision of the Indo-Pacific
	Chinese Critique of the Indo-Pacific
	Conclusion
	References
9 China’s Regional Engagement and Quad: Mapping Conceptual Dynamics
	Introduction
	Mapping the Conceptual Dynamics
	Maritime Silk Road vis-à-vis the Quad
	Mapping China’s Supply Chain Networks
	China’s Expanding Maritime Footprint
	China’s Vaccine Diplomacy
	Conclusion
	References
10 China’s Engagement with the Pacific Islands
	Introduction
	China’s Engagement with Pacific Islands
	Competition Between China and Taiwan
	China and Solomon Islands
	Conclusion
	References
11 China’s Maneuvers in South Asia
	Introduction
		South Asia: A Region of Significance for China
			SAARC—Limited Relevance and Outreach
	China’s All-Pervasive Engagement in South Asia
		China’s Influence: A Bilateral Perspective
	India and China: Unresolved Borders
	China: Afghanistan and Pakistan as Special Friends
	Bhutan and Nepal: Small Nations Between Two Large Neighbors
	Bangladesh and China: A Strengthening Relationship
	Sino-Sri Lanka Relations: An Impacted Island
	Maldives and China: Influence in the Indian Ocean
	Conclusion
	References
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