| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary Asia Series |
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Routledge contemporary Asia series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; The purpose of the study; Key questions; Significance and contribution of the study; Methodology employed; Division of chapters; 2 Foreign policy analysis: defining the parameters for developing states; Foreign policy analysis: a critique; Malaysia: in-between a developing and developed state; Establishing the domestic-external linkage in Malaysia; The context and role of personalised leadership in Malaysia; Malaysia's external environment |
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3 The evolution of Malaysia's foreign policy towards China: from independence to the end of Konfrontasi, 1957-1966Overview of Malaysia's foreign policy towards China; The domestic-external nexus; China and the internal communist threat; The ethnic factor and domestic politics; External factors; The rise of communism and the cold war; China, Indonesia and Konfrontasi; The end of Konfrontasi and its impact; Malaysia in-between China and the Soviet Union; The idiosyncratic factor and personality politics; Conclusion; 4 Shifts in Malaysia's internal and external environments, 1967-1969 |
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Overview of Malaysia's policy towards China, 1967-1969Internal-external linkages: the impact of the local communist threat; The racial riots of May 1969 and the Beijing connection; The regional and global environments; Malaysia and the Sino-Soviet dispute; The Vietnam War and Malaysia's policy towards China; The impact of the British withdrawal on Malaysia's perceptions of China; The China factor and the formation of Asean; Conclusion; 5 Tun Razak and changes in Malaysian foreign policy, 1970-1972; The rise of Tun Razak; Tun Razak's personality; Changes in Malaysian foreign policy |
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Policy changes and the influence of domestic factors on Malaysian foreign policyExternal factors and Malaysian foreign policy; Impact of Tun Razak's ascendancy on Malaysia-China relations; Malaysia's changing position on the question of a UN seat for China; Malaysia's first trade delegation to China and its impact on bilateral ties; Malaysia's position towards China after the trade delegation; Conclusion; 6 The decision-making process and the road towards normalisation, 1972-1974; Malaysia's overall policy stance towards China between 1972 and 1974; Increased frequency of visits exchanged |
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The visit of Tun Razak's special envoy to ChinaDomestic factors; Dealing with China's support for the Communist Party of Malaya; The people-to-people factor: China's relations with the Malaysian Chinese; Malaysian political and electoral factors; The economic dimension; External factors; US policy towards China; Normalisation of Japan-China relations; Other countries' experience; Meeting China's condition: the Taiwan issue; Asean and its member states; Asean as a grouping; Individual member state policies: Thailand; Individual member state policies: Indonesia; The negotiating process |
| Notes |
Addressing the issues |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315737867 |
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1315737868 |
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