Balakin Vyacheslav

China and ASEAN in modern East Asian integration

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2016, №33, 28-39

 
Annotation: Chinеse leadership declares that PRC must project its growing geostrategic influence above the country’s boundaries and purposefully spread it to the neighboring states. Recently in China the practical plans have been matured to revive the “Sea Silk Road” in South East Asia. Chinese integration initiatives toward ASEAN have been reinforced with huge scaled economic plans till 2020 year. The Chairman of PRC Xi Jinping put a new task– to simultaneously enlarge the volume of mutual trade with ASEAN up to one trillion US dollars. In this way Beijing strengthens its geopolitical positions all over the East Asian region building necessary conditions for further regional integration.

Keywords: CHINA, ASEAN, “SEA SILK ROAD”, CHAIRMAN OF PRC XI JINPING, REGIONAL INTEGRATION