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A Study on Geopolitics of Land Connectivity and Maritime Dispute between China and Vietnam: Exploring the Strategic Common Denominator for China's 'Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)' & Vietnam's 'Two Corridors, One Belt'

  • Asia Review
  • Abbr : SNUACAR
  • 2020, 10(1), pp.81~122
  • Publisher : 아시아연구소
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general
  • Received : June 15, 2020
  • Accepted : July 27, 2020
  • Published : August 31, 2020

Hye-Young Jung 1

1건국대학교 KU중국연구원

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to analyze the relationship between China and Vietnam under a background of the new changes in international relations from the context of geopolitics of rising China. Specifically, through the land-based cooperation and maritime conflict, the study analyzes the differences and similarities between the strategies of China and Vietnam. Next, the study explains the geopolitical background that the two countries have the possibility of conflict and cooperation at the same time. In conclusion, the geopolitics between the two countries reveals that despite the tensions inherent, it is taking a strategy to establish a strategic mode of control and cooperative communication. The link between ‘China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI)’ and Vietnam’s ‘Two Corridors & One Belt’, is a collaborative infrastructure connectivity that will energize and develop the local economy in the border areas. The link also brings economic and security benefits to both countries. However, there has been a limit to the genuine cooperation between the two countries due to geo-political problems and the interests of international politics. Ultimately, under this structure in which tensions between China and Vietnam's economic, security and territorial disputes are affected by the sense of strategic balance, the governments of the two countries faced a new task to lead the bilateral cooperation by properly arranging the balance of polarity on continental powers and maritime powers. The final goal of this study, the strategic common denominator of bilateral cooperation, was derived from the perception and perspectives of the two countries and analyzes the implications of the infrastructure connectivity of both countries. Furthermore, we will consider the implications of infrastructure connectivity issues in the border region of the Korean Peninsula.

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