Identity And China-asean Regional Cooperation

At the end of the cold war, the Asian financial crisis and other international backdrop, China and ASEAN exchanges and cooperation presents a good posture, politically formed a mutual respect, mutual exchanges friendly situation, Economic progress on the stage, established the "China-ASEAN expo" and "China-ASEAN free trade area"; etc. Security is to strengthen the public safety and security, environmental safety aspects of cooperation and so on. However, this does not mean that the cooperation of both sides is always "honeymoon period", because of history, politics, economy, culture and race influence of factors. Such as Association of Southeast Asian Nations held in China is still suspicion, mistrust and caution. Especially the western scholars and politicians of the "China threat theory" to walk in ASEAN countries also have certain market. The ASEAN cautious about distrust mainly including several aspects: first, the economic concerns. "For some ASEAN countries, China is now the biggest threat to them from the aspects of economic competition. In Southeast Asia some politicians, who said China's cheap goods to ASEAN commodity extrusion from Europe, the United States and Japan, and China's market attracts foreign investment, many were supposed to flow to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to go." Second, the military worried. In recent years, Chinese want to curb inflation Taiwan authorities "Taiwan independence" ambition, the last few years growing military strength, and in the south China sea issue in China's stance also let ASEAN countries in south China on May resort to violence. A man named Jamie Mackie scholar wrote: "China's position on the problems in the south of ancient Chinese empire reminds people of a command, the ruler of the country is only around shivering and obey." "Due to the rapid expansion of China's military strength, will have a south-east Asian countries expect to have power over the South China Sea issue. With the southern neighbors only choice is only trembling and obedience, unless they resorted to America or Japan." Third, racial and cultural doubts. ASEAN countries, the number of overseas Chinese is part of the Chinese people, they are worried about increasing upgrade" China complex" in the investment and to damage to the area of interest, together with the "Greater China Economic Circle."At the same time the argument further aggravate the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the Chinese concern. China-ASEAN regional cooperation presents gratifying situation, but also there are worrying obstacles, cooperation between China and ASEAN process changes also attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad, many scholars use of realism, the new liberalism, constructivism theory to analysis the reason and the cooperation of the cooperation of both sides, but with a branch of constructivism theory—"identity" point of view to analyze the cooperation .That is in the "living off others" the situation, no independent and deserves attention. However, China-ASEAN cooperation in the process always persisted with an important principle: to actively, honesty and trust, attitude to deal with the cooperation of both sides of the existence of friction, in order to eliminate their worries and concerns, with the practical action to construct "international social responsible nation" image, leads the formation of good——neighborly and friendly cooperation with the identity and ideas. "Through continuous practice responsible and altruistic behavior, China tried to emphasize that they were factors of regional stability and prosperity, rather than source threat.Cooperation between China and ASEAN process of China would make the ASEAN countries to China as a member of the status of a deeper recognition. And through mutual trust and bilateral cooperation has broadened the depth and breadth of the field, beyond the realism, the main pursuit of power and interests of the kernel.Identity is an evolving process, when developed to the advanced stage will be presented in the form of collective identity. Regional cooperation in the various actors in the interactive process will identify themselves with the organization's capacity to gradually blurred, and thus developed to the highest level of identity - a collective identity. The formation of collective identity for the regional cooperation of various actors in-depth cooperation has laid a solid foundation. China and ASEAN agreed at the initial stage, the two sides still in the process of building collective identity, this interaction between the two sides are still some disagreement. China agreeing to build the two sides has shown a very benign and friendly cooperation, but the sincerity needs the ASEAN countries to recognize and reflect the practice in its operations. However, the understandings on the sincerity of friendship and cooperation the ASEAN countries to China are not enough, this will affect both the formation of healthy identity, and even affect their in-depth cooperation. Faced with this dilemma, I select the identity theory of this innovative paradigm to explain the reasons for cooperation and to resolve difficulties faced by the way, is also opening up the China-ASEAN regional cooperation in the new reality demands.