ASEAN, Japan, amp; China.ppt

ASEAN, Japan, China Historical legacy (1942 - 1945) Japan occupied the whole Southeast Asia Japan’s Appeal in WWII Japan’s appeal to Southeast Asia during World War II Economic benefits Japanese model for economic development since the Meiji Restoration of 1868 ``Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” Anti-colonialism ``Asia for the Asians” nationalist movements ``Co-Prosperity Sphere” ``Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” Japan’s economic foreign policy During World War II Absorption of the economies of all occupied countries Extraction of resources to fuel the war against the Allies Consequence of WWII How did Southeast Asia change? Decline of Western colonial power Decline of the myth of European superiority Rise in Southeast Asian independence movements Japanese interests and influence in Southeast Asia US interests and influence in Southeast Asia Integration into global economy community Japan Returns (1950s) US strategy concerning Japan ``dynamo of wider regional recovery in Free Asia” contain Communism Closure of China market to Japan in 1950s and 1960s Japan’s economic dependence on US materials and markets of Southeast Asia Japan Southeast Asia: 1 Japan’s economic diplomacy in ASEAN bilateral trade promotion economic linkage 1/4 of ASEAN’s total trade was with Japan Japan invest more in ASEAN than US Asian Development Bank (established in 1966) avoid taking any political initiative 1974: anti-Japanese demonstrations during Japanese Prime Minister’s visit ASEAN Attitudes Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said in 1969: ``My generation and that of my elders cannot forget [WWII] as long as we live” ``The policy of our government is not to allow the unhappy experiences of the past to inhibit us from a policy which can enhance our growth rates by Japanese participation” P.R.C. and ASEAN: 1 In 1960s, Mao supported communist insurgencies in Southeast Asia PRC-ASEAN relations were damaged by Mao’s policies during Cultural Revolution changes in 1970s PRC