从断交到复交 ——印尼新秩序时期对华政策决策机制研究.pdfVIP

23 I Abstract As a leading power in Southeastern Asia, Indonesia possesses critical strategic position inside the region. The study of the changes of its diplomatic strategy can give us crucial entry points for exploring both the domestic issues of Indonesia and the wider issues in Southeast Asia. China is one of the vicinities of Indonesia. The two countries have been sharing a long and peaceful history. Indonesia was the country that initially established its official diplomatic relationship with China in ASEAN; however, the mutual tie of both countries doesn’t always go smoothly. What’s more worth worrying is that the two big powers hadn’t connected by diplomatic interactions with each other for more than 23 years especially after Suharto’s regime. In this article I principally choose the historic period from the severance to reestablishment of the diplomatic relationships between Indonesia and China for my study’s time span. Analyzing the Suharto’s policy toward China and the development of the mutual relationships