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Article: The Chinese Civil War and Implications for Borderland State Consolidation in Mainland South-East Asia

TitleThe Chinese Civil War and Implications for Borderland State Consolidation in Mainland South-East Asia
Authors
KeywordsChinese Civil War
KMT
Burma/Myanmar
Thailand
borderland consolidation
Issue Date2020
PublisherCambridge University Press for School of Oriental and African Studies. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CQY
Citation
The China Quarterly, 2020, v. 241, p. 214-235 How to Cite?
AbstractFew studies on the legacies of the Chinese Civil War have examined its effects on state consolidation in the borderland area between China and mainland South-East Asia. This paper empirically examines the impact of the intrusion of the defeated Kuomingtang (KMT) into the borderland area between China, Burma and Thailand. In the People's Republic of China (PRC), the presence of the US-supported KMT across its Yunnan border increased the new communist government's threat perceptions. In response, Beijing used a carrot-and-stick approach towards consolidating its control by co-opting local elites while ruthlessly eliminating any opposition deemed to be in collusion with the KMT. In the case of Burma, the KMT presence posed a significant challenge to Burmese national territorial integrity and effectively led to the fragmentation of the Burmese Shan State. Finally, in Thailand, Bangkok collaborated with the Americans in support of the KMT to solidify its alliance relations. Later, Thailand used the KMT as a buffer force for its own border defence purposes against a perceived communist infiltration from the north. This paper contextualizes the spill-over effects of the Chinese Civil War in terms of the literature on how external threats can potentially facilitate state consolidation.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/272315
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.716
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dc.contributor.authorHan, E-
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-20T10:39:54Z-
dc.date.available2019-07-20T10:39:54Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationThe China Quarterly, 2020, v. 241, p. 214-235-
dc.identifier.issn0305-7410-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/272315-
dc.description.abstractFew studies on the legacies of the Chinese Civil War have examined its effects on state consolidation in the borderland area between China and mainland South-East Asia. This paper empirically examines the impact of the intrusion of the defeated Kuomingtang (KMT) into the borderland area between China, Burma and Thailand. In the People's Republic of China (PRC), the presence of the US-supported KMT across its Yunnan border increased the new communist government's threat perceptions. In response, Beijing used a carrot-and-stick approach towards consolidating its control by co-opting local elites while ruthlessly eliminating any opposition deemed to be in collusion with the KMT. In the case of Burma, the KMT presence posed a significant challenge to Burmese national territorial integrity and effectively led to the fragmentation of the Burmese Shan State. Finally, in Thailand, Bangkok collaborated with the Americans in support of the KMT to solidify its alliance relations. Later, Thailand used the KMT as a buffer force for its own border defence purposes against a perceived communist infiltration from the north. This paper contextualizes the spill-over effects of the Chinese Civil War in terms of the literature on how external threats can potentially facilitate state consolidation.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherCambridge University Press for School of Oriental and African Studies. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CQY-
dc.relation.ispartofThe China Quarterly-
dc.rightsThe China Quarterly. Copyright © Cambridge University Press for School of Oriental and African Studies.-
dc.rightsThis article has been published in a revised form in [Journal] [http://doi.org/XXX]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © copyright holder.-
dc.subjectChinese Civil War-
dc.subjectKMT-
dc.subjectBurma/Myanmar-
dc.subjectThailand-
dc.subjectborderland consolidation-
dc.titleThe Chinese Civil War and Implications for Borderland State Consolidation in Mainland South-East Asia-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailHan, E: enzehan@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0305741019000729-
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dc.identifier.hkuros298632-
dc.identifier.volume241-
dc.identifier.spage214-
dc.identifier.epage235-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000524938300010-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0305-7410-

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