Sebastian Strangio Explains the Relationship Between China and Southeast Asia

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/democracy-paradox-justin-kempf-HpXS_vrFYJ7/">Democracy Paradox</a> (LS 30 &middot; TOP 10% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/d5bf4a9cf59c4b7ebfca3d175c636203/">Sebastian Strangio Explains the Relationship Between China and Southeast Asia</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-06-01<br><br><img src="https://production.listennotes.com/podcasts/democracy-paradox-justin-kempf-doIfe1cD9qu-HpXS_vrFYJ7.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br><p>The experience of Western colonization has imprinted all of these nations in profound ways and it&apos;s tended to inculcate a sort of skepticism about Western invocations of democracy and the rule of law. China, of course, shares a similar skepticism. China was also not formerly colonized, or not fully colonized by Western powers, but it experienced what the Chinese communist party likes to term a century of humiliation.  And so, both regions share an abiding ambivalence about the current international order.</p><p>Sebastian Strangio<br/><br/>A full transcript is available at <a href='https://wp.me/pavhaU-KM'>www.democracyparadox.com</a>.<br/><br/>Sebastian Strangio is the Southeast Asia Editor at <em>The Diplomat </em>and the author of <em>In the Dragon&apos;s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century</em>.<br/><br/><b>Key Highlights Include</b></p><ul><li>Sebastian explains the economic, political, and cultural ties between China and Southeast Asia</li><li>An overview of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)</li><li>An explanation of the South China Sea dispute</li><li>Distinguishes between maritime and mainland nations in Southeast Asia</li><li>China&apos;s approach to Southeast Asia under Xi Jinping</li></ul><p><br/><b>Key Links</b></p><p><a href='https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300234039/dragons-shadow'><em>In the Dragon&apos;s Shadow: Southeast Asia in th