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South Korea’s Evolving Relations with a Rising China: Symbiosis or Mere Cohabitation?

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The rise of China has become an issue of interest the world over. Fusses about the collapse of China have clearly given way to debates on what the future holds for international politics involving China as a responsible “stakeholder.” Regions across the world are busy figuring out how to respond to the ascendancy of China as the single biggest variable in global affairs.2 Irrespective of China’s intentions and designs—whether or not it is and will become a revisionist threat—neighboring states are bound to have different perceptions and modes of dealing with a rising China.3

1. Jae Ho Chung is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Institute for China Studies at Seoul National University, Korea. Professor Chung is the author of Central Control and Local Discretion in China, Oxford University Press, 2000, and Between Ally and Partner: Korea-China Relations and the United States, Columbia University Press, 2007, and editor of Charting Chinds Future: Political, Social and International Dimensions, Rowman & Little field, 2006. The author acknowledges the useful comments from Shiping Tang and conference participants. A slightly different version of chapter will be published in Asian Survey.

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Chung, J.H. (2009). South Korea’s Evolving Relations with a Rising China: Symbiosis or Mere Cohabitation?. In: Tang, S., Li, M., Acharya, A. (eds) Living with China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622623_12

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