Muratshina Xenia , Borodina Еvgeniya

China’s Cultural Activity in ASEAN Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2022, №4(57), 231-240

 
Annotation: This paper analyses, how the People’s Republic of China develops the cultural aspect of its contacts with the countries of Southeast Asia in the conditions, which are completely new for international diplomacy, – during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have studied China’s initiatives in its bilateral relations with Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines and Singapore in 2020, 2021 and partly in 2022.

Keywords: China, Southeast Asia, cultural exchanges, international cooperation, “soft power”