TY - JOUR
T1 - A tango by two superpowers
T2 - China-US cooperation in trilateral aid and implications for their bilateral relations
AU - Zhang, Denghua
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/5/4
Y1 - 2018/5/4
N2 - The US-China relationship continues to be characterized by both competition and cooperation in recent years. Cooperation in the development sector is one little-known new aspect of such cooperation. This paper therefore examines why and how the two superpowers have undertaken cooperation in trilateral aid projects, and implications for bilateral relations. By tracing China-US policy engagement on development cooperation and examining their most recent trilateral aid project in the Asia-Pacific region, the paper argues that the US aims to use trilateral aid cooperation to engage with China and shape it into a responsible stakeholder, while China uses trilateral cooperation to build a cooperative image and facilitate the broad China-US relationship.
AB - The US-China relationship continues to be characterized by both competition and cooperation in recent years. Cooperation in the development sector is one little-known new aspect of such cooperation. This paper therefore examines why and how the two superpowers have undertaken cooperation in trilateral aid projects, and implications for bilateral relations. By tracing China-US policy engagement on development cooperation and examining their most recent trilateral aid project in the Asia-Pacific region, the paper argues that the US aims to use trilateral aid cooperation to engage with China and shape it into a responsible stakeholder, while China uses trilateral cooperation to build a cooperative image and facilitate the broad China-US relationship.
KW - China-US relations
KW - Chinese foreign aid
KW - Timor-Leste
KW - development engagement
KW - trilateral aid cooperation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045095583&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02185377.2018.1462218
DO - 10.1080/02185377.2018.1462218
M3 - Article
SN - 0218-5377
VL - 26
SP - 181
EP - 200
JO - Asian Journal of Political Science
JF - Asian Journal of Political Science
IS - 2
ER -