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China in East Asia Emerging Nation, Emerging Region
Dennis McNamara S.J.
Georgetown University
November 2013
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A Region in Formation
Examine China’s Role in the East Asian
Community – precedent and prospect
Focus on APT, and the Network of East
Asian Think Tanks (NEAT)
Central Party School of the Chinese
Communist Party 中央党校
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Inter-Regional (APEC)
APEC Asia Pacific Econ. Cooperation
(1989); 21 states (C.Taipei) 41% pop, 44%
trade. China Host 2014
Trade Pacts:
◦ TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership U.S., Japan, + 10;
high quality, set standards
◦ FTAAP Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific
(APEC FTA)
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Organizations (North)
Trilateral Cooperation (CJK): Summits
from 2008; Secretariat 2011 (TCS &
Iwatani); Investment Treaty May 2010
Shanghai Cooperation Organization 上海
合作组织; China, Russia, and 4 “stans.”
SCO charter from 2002
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Organizations (South)
ASEAN 10 from 1967:Three Pillars;
ASEAN Economic Com. (AEC) 2015
ASEAN Plus Three (APT)1997;Vision
Group, 2002; E. Asian Com. (EAC)
ASEAN + 6 (2006); then East Asian
Summit (ASEAN + 8) from 2011
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ASEAN Plus Three (APT)
East Asian Vision Group from 1997
East Asian Study Group 2002 defines role
and structure
ASEAN Secretariat (Jakarta) - 3 major
forums, working groups & Summit
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EAVG & Think Tanks
East Asian Vision Group Proposal Network of E. Asian Think Tanks (NEAT)
Function: bridge academics & decisionmakers. Advise on governance &
political/econ, trends
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Dialogue at NEAT
Track II Dialogue for APT process
Problem: government officials versus
academics; China/Japan competition
Tension: functional or strategic dialogue
on Asian integration
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NEAT Working Groups 2011
Cultural Exchange (Korea)
Regional Cooperation on Disaster
Management (Japan)
Disaster Management; Trade & Investment
Facilitation (China)
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NEAT Leaders
Japan -- Council on the East Asian
Community (Ito Kenichi)
China – China Foreign Affairs University
(Qin Yaqing and Wei Ling)
Philippines Development Institute
www.neat.org.ph
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China’s Prospects in EAC
Leverage: domestic market, funding for
infrastructure abroad, & Soft Power
Initiatives (e.g., Confucian Institutes)
Clarity of Strategies & Priorities in
bilateral relations (e.g., Cambodia)
Difficulty of territorial disputes, and rising
powers (e.g., India)
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Introduction to CCPS 党校
Party School of the Central Committee
of the Chinese Communist Party
Roles: ganbu,干部 training & evaluation;
policies for leadership.
Georgetown University – academic
exchange, study tours w CCPS faculty
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