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All About China? (Mis)Reading Domestic Politics through a Great Power Lens

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  • 1. ROR icon University of Birmingham
  • 2. ROR icon Nanyang Technological University
  • 3. ROR icon Palacký University Olomouc

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  • 1. ROR icon University of Birmingham
  • 2. ROR icon Nanyang Technological University
  • 3. ROR icon Palacký University Olomouc

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of the research article titled All About China?: (Mis)Reading Domestic Politics through a Great Power Lens and published by the University of California Press in the journal Asian Survey (2024) on 12 August 2024, pp. 1-35, online ISSN 1533-838X, available online at https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2024.2315856.

Abstract (English)

Combining international relations and critical geopolitics literature with a public opinion survey in Thailand that delves into some rarely explored and sensitive questions to understand respondents’ political views and attitudes, we examine the extent to which domestic political developments can be understood through a US–China great power lens. Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically conservative Thais likely to favor China? While we find some relationship between liberal domestic political leanings and sympathy for the United States, we also show that conservative domestic political leanings do not automatically translate into support for China. To view election outcomes in a country such as Thailand as “wins” for one or other great power would be highly misleading.

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Data availability statement: This publication is based on the analysis of reused survey data originally generated by the Sinophone Borderlands Survey (2022; see https://sinofon.cz/surveys/) and on existing literature. The reused data are held by the original research team and are not made available via this record. The literature sources used are listed in the reference section of the publication.

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Journal article: 10.1525/as.2024.2315856 (DOI)

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European Commission
The European Union in the volatile Ind 101079069—EUVIP—HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03

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2024-08-12