Chinese Cultural Diplomacy toward ASEAN Countries and its Socio-Political Impacts

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25301018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: SHUTO Motoko 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (10154337)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MOURI Aki 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 助教 (00580755)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ＡＳＥＡＮ / 中国 / 文化外交 / 孔子学院 / パブリック・ディプロマシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted field surveys on the current situation and impacts of Chinese cultural diplomacy in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, in cooperation with our local research collaborators. Particularly we examined the background process of establishing the Confucius Institutes(CIs), their way of management and their impacts on the local society.
In summary, among these countries the level of institutionalization and the major features of participation are varied and the number of attendants are not so many except those in Thailand and the Philippines, while in Malaysia and Indonesia they are functionally active beyond their own mission at CIs. Besides, Chinese cultural diplomacy towards ASEAN is active at the various levels including the local governments' relations. As a consequence, a positive image of China is being created and shared among the young generations in the ASEAN countries, but it cannot be attributed to the work of CIs only.

Free Research Field

国際関係論