저 자 | 곽주영, 진메이후이, 박형근 | 발행연도 | 2020-05-31 | 권 호 | 제35집 제2호(통권 94호) |
첨부파일 | 02 The History of Sino-ASEAN Technology Cooperation.pdf(378.54KB) |
This paper uses the archival data to examine the history of technology collaboration between China and ASEAN, which started in 1996 when China became official dialogue partner of ASEAN. China actively sought to cooperate with ASEAN due to the long immigration history, overseas Chinese population, and geographic proximity. The technology cooperation was carried out under the framework of South-South collaboration, co-established by two independent parties. However, as China began to grow techno-nationalism after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2007 and the technological gap between China and ASEAN widened, China’s approach to the collaboration with ASEAN changed to the ASEAN market entry. ASEAN, along with economic growth, had more options for international cooperation. China is still active in technology cooperation in ASEAN, yet the cooperation has been fine-aligned with the economic gains for China and made ASEAN more dependent on the Chinese technologies. As a result, China-ASEAN cooperation has caused local resistance. Under this situation, this study suggests that the Korean government elaborates on the official aid for ASEAN, using the channel for infrastructure improvement. Korean firms should also consider non-commercial collaborations and strengthen corporate social responsibilities. Our research contributes to the relevant theories by moving beyond the dyadic relation (Korea-ASEAN) and adding ‘China’ which practically dominated the ASEAN businesses for formulating the entry strategy.