Toward A Closer Community or a Shattered Future? -- Explaining China’s National Role Conceptions in China-ASEAN Strategic Partnership (2003 – 2018)

• In Event: Domestic Factors and China's External Relations

Brief Overview

Using a text analysis of 70 speeches by China’s senior leaders, I identify China's major national roles toward ASEAN and explain role change during the 15 years of China-ASEAN strategic partnership.

Author

• Laurel Wei Wei, University of North Georgia