China’s Influence and the Center-periphery Tug of War in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indo-Pacific

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Title Page
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Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction
	Chapter 1 Re-thinking China’s influence across surrounding jurisdictions: A concentric center-periphery framework
		1.1 Why compare China’s influence: going beyond the existing literature
		1.2 How to compare China’s influence: developing a concentric center-periphery framework
		1.3 Comparing China’s influence: the future agenda
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2 More than sharp power: Chinese influence operations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and beyond
		2.1 Commercialized united-front strategy
		2.2 Chinese influence operations
		2.3 China’s control mechanism in five issue areas
		2.4 Preliminary comparison of China’s global influence
		2.5 Conclusion: confronting China’s economic and political warfare
		Acknowledgment
		Notes
		References
Part I Contextualizing China’s influence: The comparative perspectives
	Chapter 3 China’s assimilation of peripheries in former Qing imperial frontiers: A comparative-historical perspective
		3.1 Governing the periphery: From federalism to ‘One-Country, Two-systems’
		3.2 Hong Kong: from OCTS to patrilineal-nationalist direct rule
		3.3 Taiwan: from supporting the opposition to courting KMT conservatives
		3.4 Conclusion: from assimilation of peripheries to revival of the Sinocentric order?
		References
	Chapter 4 Peripheral nationalisms of Taiwan and Hong Kong under China’s influence: A comparative-nationalism perspective
		4.1 Peripheral nation-formation in Taiwan and Hong Kong: from colony to nation
		4.2 Peripheral nationalist mobilizations in Taiwan and Hong Kong: forms, ideologies and strategies
		4.3 Conclusion: no one is an island…
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 5 China’s empire-building across peripheries: A comparative-imperialism perspective
		5.1 From center to imperialism: a review of literature
		5.2 Applying the theoretical framework to the case of China’s imperialism
		5.3 Conclusion: seeing China’s empire building from Hong Kong
		References
Part II China’s influence in peripheral autonomy: Hong Kong as a case study
	Chapter 6 China’s influence on Hong Kong’s elections: Evidence from Legislative Council elections
		6.1 China’s direct influence: deciding, re-defining and overturning electoral rules
		6.2 China’s indirect influence: from co-opting local collaborators to shaping the political context
		6.3 Counter-Chinese influence mobilizations: anti-manipulation efforts and their limitations
		6.4 Conclusion: erosion of electoral fairness of Hong Kong
		References
	Chapter 7 China’s influence on Hong Kong’s economy: Lessons from mainlander tourism
		7.1 China’s direct influence: economic inducements by CCP-state apparatuses under CEPA
		7.2 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators in Hong Kong’s tourism sector
		7.3 Counter-Chinese influence mobilizations: from Recovering Actions to legislative protests
		7.4 Conclusion: lessons from Hong Kong’s mainlander tourism
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 8 China’s influence on Hong Kong’s media: Subduing press freedom
		8.1 Background: ‘soft approach’ before the handover of Hong Kong
		8.2 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators in Hong Kong’s media
		8.3 China’s direct influence: interventions from CCP-state apparatuses in Hong Kong’s media
		8.4 Counter-Chinese influence mobilizations: protests by journalists and online media
		8.5. Conclusion: lessons from Hong Kong’s media
		Note
		References
	Chapter 9 China’s influence on Hong Kong’s entertainment industry: Lessons from film production 
		9.1 Background: downturn of Hong Kong film industry
		9.2 China’s direct influence: economic inducements and dereferences by CCP-state apparatuses under CEPA
		9.3 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators in Hong Kong’s film industry
		9.4 Conclusion: lessons from Hong Kong’s film industry
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 10 China’s influence on Hong Kong’s religions: Interreligious comparison
		10.1 The theoretical context: religious controls in communist states
		10.2 Background: religious sectors in Hong Kong
		10.3 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP local collaborators in Hong Kong’s religious sectors
		10.4 China’s direct influence: inducements and dereferences from CCP-state apparatus in Hong Kong’s religious sectors
		10.5 Conclusion: lessons from Hong Kong’s religions
		References
Part III China’s influence in peripheral contested state: Taiwan as a case study
	Chapter 11 China’s influence on Taiwan’s elections: The impact of the “1992 Consensus” on presidential elections
		11.1 The Chinese style of foreign electoral interference: Chinese influence operations
		11.2 The emergence of the ‘1992 Consensus’: How Beijing created the term with local collaborators
		11.3 Testing the China Factor model: Assessing the impacts of Chinese influence operations
		11.4 Conclusion: Influence operations and resistance
		Acknowledgment
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 12 China’s influence on Taiwan’s economy: The economic statecraft of mainlander tourism
		12.1. Background: the historical process of Chinese mainlander tourism
		12.2 China’s direct influence: economic inducements and deterrence for Taiwan’s tourism industry under cross-strait integration
		12.3 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators in Taiwan’s tourism sector
		12.4 Counter-China influence mobilizations: backlash from Taiwan society
		12.5 Conclusion: Taiwan’s adjustment and new threat
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 13 China’s influence on Taiwan’s media: A model of transnational diffusion of Chinese censorship
		13.1 China’s direct influence: inducements and dereferences from CCP-state apparatuses in Taiwan’s media
		13.2 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators in Taiwan’s media
		13.3 Counter-China influence mobilizations: resistances from Taiwan’s government and civil society
		13.4 Conclusion: lessons from Taiwan’s media
		Note
		References
	Chapter 14 China’s influence on Taiwan’s entertainment industry: The Chinese state, entertainment capital, and netizens in the witch-hunt for ‘Taiwan independence suspects’
		14.1 The research puzzle: the shadow of China’s influence in the entertainment industry
		14.2 State and netizens in the witch-hunt: The CCP state apparatus in entertainment industry
		14.3 The interplay between witch-hunt initiator and entertainment capital: Chinese influence operations
		14.4 China’s positive narrative and statecraft: How the film market has been controlled by the CCP state
		14.5 Conclusion: Taiwan’s further challenge
		Notes
		References
		Appendix figures and tables
	Chapter 15 China’s influence on Taiwan’s religions: Mazu belief across the strait
		15.1 Background: changing religious ecology of Mazu belief since the 1970s
		15.2 China’s indirect influences: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators in Taiwan’s Mazu communities
		15.3 China’s direct influences: inducements and dereferences from CCP-state apparatus in Taiwan’s religious sectors
		15.4 Conclusion: The making of a cross-strait network of popular religion
		Notes
		References
Part IV China’s influence in peripheral sovereign states: Case studies from Indo-Pacific states
	Chapter 16 China’s influence in Southeast Asia: No easy answers
		16.1 Background: China’s changing policies toward Southeast Asia
		16.2 China’s direct influence: economic and diplomatic mechanisms
		16.3 China’s indirect influence: co-optation and mobilization of CCP collaborators networks
		16.4 Counter-Chinese influence mobilization in Southeast Asia: Risks, return and uncertainty
		16.5 Great-power competition: Sino-US contention in Southeast Asia
		16.6 Conclusion: Where should Southeast Asian states stand?
		References
	Chapter 17 China’s influence in South Asia: Under the shadow of the Sino-Indian relationship 
		17.1 Background: China’s interests in South Asia
		17.2 China’s hard and soft power influence in South Asia
		17.3 The cases of Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives
		17.4 Counter-Chinese influence mobilizations in South Asia: Democratic institutions as safeguards
		17.5 Great-power compeition: Sino-Indian competition in South Asia
		17.6 China recalibrates its influence mechanisms
		17.7 Conclusions: Aversion to a Sino-centric regional order?
		Note
		References
	Chapter 18 China’s Influence in Central Asia: Sinophobia and the Wave of Anti-China Protests
		18.1 Background: China’s interests in Central Asia
		18.2 China’s direct and indirect influence mechanisms: Chinese leverages across Central Asia
		18.3 Counter-Chinese influence mobilization in Central Asia: the surge of Sinophobia in the Stans
		18.4 China’s readjustments: sharp power operations through Confucius Institutes
		18.5 Great-power competition: Sino-Russian contention in Central Asia
		18.6 Conclusion: the self-created challenges facing China
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 19 China’s influence in Australia and New Zealand: Making the democratic world safe for dictatorship
		19.1 China’s influence in Australia and New Zealand: direct and indirect influence mechanisms
		19.4 Counter-Chinese influence mobilization: In search of the appropriate responses
		19.5 Conclusion: How to engage China economically while resisting its political influence?
		Notes
		References
Conclusion
	Chapter 20 China’s influence and the pushback: Tentative conclusions beyond Hong Kong and Taiwan
		20.1 Pushback against China’s influence in the world: the six major patterns
		20.2 Lessons from the rest of the world: can they be transferred to Hong Kong and Taiwan?
		Notes
		References
Epilogue
	Chapter 21 The place of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Asia policies of the Trump Administration
		Free and Open Indo-Pacific
		Hong Kong
		Taiwan
		Conclusion
		Notes
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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