Çin diplomasisi ve dış politikasının yabancı öğrencilerin Kuşak ve Yol İnisiyatifi algısı üzerindeki etkileri

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 25 - 47, 31.12.2019

Conrad John Masabo

https://doi.org/10.38154/cjas.7

Abstract

Çin’in dünya ile ilişkileri Çin’in iktisadi kalkınmasını yansıtacak şekilde gelişmektedir. Çin’in 2010’dan beri süren iktisadi gelişimi birçok kişiyi şaşırtmamış olsa da Çin’in dünya siyasetinin merkezinde yakın zamanda ve dramatik şekilde yeniden ortaya çıkması alışıldık konuların keskin şekilde yeniden canlanması ile sonuçlanıyor. Bu konulardan biri, politika belirleyicilerin oldukça ilgisini çeken ve 2015 itibariyle Çin’i Asya, Avrupa, Afrika’ya ticaret, kalkınma ve kültür kanalları ve altyapı ağları aracılığıyla bağlayacak olan Kuşak ve Yol İnisiyatifi’nin yürürlüğe konmasıydı. Bu makale, Doğu Çin Normal Üniversitesi’ndeki yabancı uyruklu öğrencilerin Kuşak ve Yol İnisiyatifi ile ilgili algılarının Çin dış politikası üzerine olan etkilerini araştırmak üzere kurgulanmış bir çalışmanın bulgularını sunmaktadır. Bulgular, Kuşak ve Yol Projesi ile ilgili yabancı öğrencilerin algılarının, Çin’in dış politikasının geçmişte ve günümüzde kendi ülkelerinde algılanma biçimi ile ilişkili olduğunu ve yabancı öğrencilerin Çin’de yaşıyor olmalarının önceki deneyimlerinden kaynaklı algılar üzerinde bir değişime yol açmadığını veya çok az değişime yol açtığını göstermektedir. Bu bulgulara istinaden bu makale, Kuşak ve Yol Projesi’nin gelecekteki uygulamasının, Çin’in şu anki mevcut diplomatik ilişkilerinden etkileneceği sonucuna varmaktadır. Makale, diğer ülkelerde Kuşak ve Yol Projesinin olumlu karşılanması için Çin’in mevcut diplomatik ilişkilerini güçlendirmesi ve genişletmesi gerektiği yönünde tavsiyede bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Kuşak ve Yol Projesi, Çin dış politikası, jeopolitik, ekonomi, algılar

Implications of Chinese diplomacy and foreign policy on foreign students’ perception of Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

China’s engagement with the world has been evolving to reflect its various economic developments, and although China’s economic progress since 2010 may not be a shock to many, its recent dramatic re-emergence at the centre of global politics has thrown familiar issues into a sharp relief. One such issue is the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has been of key interest to policy makers, and which, since 2015, has expanded immensely to link China with Asia, Europe and Africa, boosting trade, development and cultural exchange throughout a broad infrastructure network. This paper presents the findings of a study that was designed to examine the implications of Chinese foreign policy on the perceptions of BRI among foreign students of the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. The findings of the study reveal that the foreign students’ perceptions of BRI are influenced by how Chinese foreign policy is and was perceived in their respective home countries, and that the experience of living in China had little or no impact in changing their established perceptions. Based on these findings, the study concludes that, the future implementation of BRI will be highly influenced by the existing Chinese diplomatic relations, and as such recommends the consolidation and expansion of China’s existing diplomatic relations if it desires a smoother and better adoption of the BRI in other countries.

Keywords

BRI, Chinese foreign policy, geopolitics, economics, perceptions

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