When Laos was the right to host the Southeast Asian Games, China has offered to help this small country to build a new stadium. However, China’s move to Laos in terms of generosity can be described as expensive. As the construction of stadiums in return, the Lao government in Vientiane agreed to let the Chinese suburb of leasing land. China, however, want to import workers have aroused intense reaction from the people of Laos, the Lao was forced to land lease area is reduced.
As can be seen from this incident, China’s powerful economic and strategic influence to bear in Southeast Asia and mainland China are increasingly tied to the country, which led to these countries appear increasingly strong resistance. On the one hand to consider the economic and foreign affairs, on the other hand have become worried about Beijing’s nationalist idea of satellites, and now these two areas began to conflict.
Worry is not just people in the region. Over the years, South-East Asia for multinational manufacturers of cheap, reliable labor pool. When Western investors in China are unlikely to benefit the occasion, but it can greatly benefit from Vietnam, Malaysia T-shirt or bring huge profits to the hard disk.
Asian and Western companies worry about the people, forcing governments in the region to adopt a balanced approach cautiously. Given that China is sensitive to criticism that they had to placate their own people and to win China’s goodwill between the "tightrope", while also to reassure the investor.
Southeast Asian countries, with China, adjacent is a blessing in many ways. In the long run, the rise of China in Southeast Asia will be commensurate with its economic strength of the unprecedented geo-strategic position.
Now, the United States more than ever, willing to work with contacts in the region is no longer considering whether they are a democratic country — counterbalance China’s influence to become the primary matters, especially in Burma. Analysts believe that the Burmese military government willing to accept the United States show good, in large part because it wants to balance Chinese power. In the short term, as close to the economic success of China, Southeast Asian countries hit by the global financial crisis, the relative decline; China’s domestic stimulus plan a large-scale influence is felt beyond the borders of the South, to boost the regional economy played a role in the revitalization. But this film boom in the economy is not as good the surface it looks grand. Although China, as the growing importance of trading partners, but only in emerging countries in Southeast Asia to absorb less than 1 / 4 of the export of many countries in the region, China is a direct competitor. Beijing concerned about their impact on neighboring countries in regional efforts to exercise extreme caution. China has also launched a charm offensive, to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations last year to provide a total of 250 million dollars in aid.
As the Director of the Institute for International and Security in Bangkok Sudilake Peng said, "Some Chinese people believe that China was the region’s sovereign power. This is their backyard, they feel that old pattern is to reproduce."