At a meeting of the 2010 ASEAN Regional Forum, the Chinese foreign minister, angered by a question about the South China Sea dispute, declared: “China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that is just a fact.” The authors whose essays are collected in The Deer and the Dragon examine the nature, dynamics, and implications of that fact – and the inequality that has resulted between China and the countries of Southeast Asia.

What does the history of Sino-Southeast Asian relations tell us about future possibilities? Do economic relations already suggest dependence? How do the countries of Southeast Asia view China and its intentions, and how does China see the region? What is the role of ASEAN?  How does U.S. policy affect the relative influence of China and the United States in Southeast Asia? 

Join the National Committee on U.S. China Relations for a virtual program with Dr. Donald Emmerson, editor of The Deer and the Dragon and head of the Southeast Asia Program at Stanford University, and commentary from NYSEAN co-founder Dr. Ann Marie Murphy, a professor of political science at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University.

This event is co-sponsored by NYSEAN and Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.

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