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FOCUS ASIA China’s role in Southeast Asia Layout: Nina Brand. Photo by Tran Phu on Unsplash When: 7 December, 2018 Where: Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Asia Library, Sölvegatan 18 B For more information please see our website: www.ace.lu.se 09.15-09.30 Welcome and Introduction Astrid Norén-Nilsson, Lund University 09.30-10.30 Wagging the Dog: Cambodia’s Frustrating Relationship with China Andrew Mertha, Johns Hopkins University SAIS China’s “no-strings attached”: Aiding the status quo in Cambodia Kheang Un, Northern Illinois University 10.45-11.45 13.00-14.00 Expecting normative change in Southeast Asia, driven by the rise of China: A set of hypotheses exemplified and discussed with a focus on the ´New Malaysia´ Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux, Université de Rennes & Centre Asie du Sud-Est, Paris Coffee break 15.00-15.30 Rent Capitalism and Shifting Plantations in the Mekong Borderlands: A Challenge of Chinese Economic Influence in Southeast Asia Yos Santasombat, Chiang Mai University 14.00-15.00 10.30-10.45 Coffee break 15.30-16.30 The Myanmar Corridor Bertil Lintner, Journalist and Author Lunch break 11.45-13.00 16.30-17.00 Wrap-up panel discussion

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When: 7 December, 2018

Where: Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Asia Library, Sölvegatan 18 B

For more information please see our website: www.ace.lu.se

09.15-09.30 Welcome and IntroductionAstrid Norén-Nilsson, Lund University

09.30-10.30 Wagging the Dog: Cambodia’s Frustrating Relationship with ChinaAndrew Mertha, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

China’s “no-strings attached”: Aiding the status quo in Cambodia Kheang Un, Northern Illinois University

10.45-11.45

13.00-14.00 Expecting normative change in Southeast Asia, driven by the rise of China: A set of hypotheses exemplified and discussed with a focus on the ́ New Malaysia´ Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux, Université de Rennes & Centre Asie du Sud-Est, Paris

Coffee break15.00-15.30

Rent Capitalism and Shifting Plantations in the Mekong Borderlands: A Challenge of Chinese Economic Influence in Southeast AsiaYos Santasombat, Chiang Mai University

14.00-15.00

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

15.30-16.30 The Myanmar CorridorBertil Lintner, Journalist and Author

Lunch break11.45-13.00

16.30-17.00 Wrap-up panel discussion