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999			_c9311 _d9311
020			_a9789386618269
082			_a327.54059 _bPAL-I
100			_aPalit, Parama Sinha
245		0	_aIndia and China _b: National Image-Building in Southeast Asia
260			_aNew Delhi _bPentagon Press _c2018
300			_axiii, 155p
504			_aincludes bibliography , index
520			_aThe book makes a major contribution to the academic literature on diplomacy, foreign policy & soft power by studying the Indian and Chinese image-building processes in Southeast Asia - an increasingly significant region for both the Asian players - and the accompanying discourse. The volume focuses on various geo-political and economic compulsions driving India and China's image-building efforts and examines the nuances and characteristics defining their engagement of the region based on primary sources and extensive field study. Leaderships of both countries have been pragmatic in extending the scope of engagement, exploring new ways and means for strengthening the regional relationship and efforts to develop together. Regionalisation, as the book argues, has been deployed by both India and China among their strategies for a positive image make-over. The existing academic literature on both India and China's image-building efforts are relatively scant and are yet to be rigorously researched. The book makes an important contribution to the existing literature through its examination of various facets of India and China's external engagement and diplomacy for building respective images in Southeast Asia
650			_aInternational relations _zIndia _zChina
650			_aASEAN _zIndia-southest Asia
650			_aeconomic relation,foriegn _zIndia _zChina
942			_cBK _2ddc