%0 Journal Article
%T Domestic Protests and Foreign Policy: An Examination of Anti
%A Phuong Hoang
%J Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
%@ 2349-0039
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2347797019826747
%X Abstract The Sino-Vietnamese relationship is characterized by asymmetry, yet Vietnam¡¯s post-Cold War foreign policy towards China encompasses three paradigms: (a) internal and external balancing against China, (b) greater international integration to prevent political and economic dependence on China and (c) ¡®cooperation¡¯ with China on mutual interests while ¡®struggling¡¯ against China¡¯s encroachment on Vietnam¡¯s sovereignty. The ongoing dispute in the South China Sea presents a primary security concern for Vietnam as well as a challenge to its bilateral relations with China, particularly as maritime tensions provoke nationalist and anti-China protests among the Vietnamese public. This article presents an analysis of anti-China protests in Vietnam that resulted from South China Sea tensions between 2007 and 2017 in order to examine whether the protests¡ªwhich are rare in Vietnam¡ªhad any effect on Vietnam¡¯s foreign policy towards China. The findings reveal that the protests did not result in a change in Vietnam¡¯s foreign policy towards China both during the maritime crises or in the long term
%K China
%K South China Sea
%K Vietnam
%K protest
%K foreign policy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2347797019826747