China and Taiwan in Central America

Engaging Foreign Publics in Diplomacy

C. Alexander

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137480101
• Print ISBN:
  9781137480095
• Subtopic: Diplomacy & Treaties

Public diplomacy has become one of the most discussed phrases in political science. This book examines the use of public diplomacy by China and Taiwan in Central America, where Taiwan continues to hold the majority of diplomatic relationships. Using Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala as case studies, and drawing on other examples from across the Caribbean basin, Alexander examines public diplomacy beginning with its point of reception in target countries. He asks: To what extent is public diplomacy designed to engage foreign publics? To what extent is it instead designed to engage broader international audiences and the source country's own domestic pubic? He presents a framework for considering the diplomatic truce currently in place between China and Taiwan, the modern histories of both countries, and the significance of diplomatic recognition as a weapon within international relations.

B I B L I O G R A P H Y

Interviews

Achio, M., 2011 [Interview] Confucius Institute at University of Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 9, 2011.

Alpirez, A. C., 2011 [Interview] Offices of El Periodico Newspaper, Guatemala City, Guatemala, with C. Alexander. February 24, 2011.

Anonymous, 2013b [Interview] by Skype from St. Lucia, with C. Alexander. May 27, 2013.

Anonymous, 2013a [Interview] Democratic Progressive Party offices, Taipei, Taiwan, with C. Alexander. April 23, 2013.

Anonymous, 2011k [Interview] by telephone with C. Alexander. March 15, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011j [Interview] Embassy of Republic of China (Taiwan) in El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 15, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011i [Interview] Offices of Ministry of National Planning and Political Economy, San Jose, Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 10, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011h [Interview] Offices of Nacion, San Jose, Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 9, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011g [Interview] Embassy of Republic of China (Taiwan) in Guatemala, with C. Alexander. March 2, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011f [Interview] Offices of the Secretariat of Planification to the President, Guatemala City, Guatemala, with C. Alexander. March 8, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011e [Interview] Offices of El Diario de Hoy, El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 14, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011d [Interview] Cafe, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. February 5, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011c [Interview] Radisson Hotel, Guatemala City, Guatemala, with C. Alexander. February 25, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011b [Interview] Museum of the History of the El Salvadoran Civil War, Perquin, El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 19, 2011.

Anonymous, 2011a [Interview] Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 17, 2011.

Castro Fernandez, R., 2011 [Interview] Café in San Jose, Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 9, 2011.

Chen, D., 2011 [Interview] Embassy of Republic of China (Taiwan) in Guatemala, with C. Alexander. March 2, 2011.

Claramunt, C., 2011 [Interview] Office of the Department of Scholarships at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 3, 2011.

Flores, M., 2011 [Interview] Office of the Mayor of Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 16, 2011.

Holtz, J., 2011 [Interview] Private Residence, Escazu, Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 2, 2011.

Hu, A., 2011 [Interview] by telephone with C. Alexander. January 9, 2011.

Huang, G., 2011 [Interview] Embassy of Republic of China (Taiwan) in El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 15, 2011.

Lin, K-C., 2011 [Interview] Taipei Representative Office (London), with C. Alexander. January 14, 2011.

Liu, R., 2013 [Interview] Taiwan ICDF Headquarters, Shipai, Taiwan, with C. Alexander. May 21, 2013.

Rodriguez Holkemeyer, P., 2011 [Interview] Private Residence, Escazu, Costa Rica, with C. Alexander. February 4, 2011.

Rosales, D., 2011 [Interview] Offices of Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala, with C. Alexander. February 23, 2011.

Saborio, P., 2011 [Interview] Office of Costa Rican Ambassador to United Kingdom, with C. Alexander. April 5, 2011.

Sanchez, L., 2011a [Interview] Offices of University Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala, with C. Alexander. February 24, 2011.

Tao, W.-L., 2013 [Interview] Offices of Taiwan ICDF, Shipai, Taiwan, with C. Alexander. May 21, 2013.

Wang, Y.-F., 2011 [Interview] Sheraton Presidente Hotel, San Salvador, El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 17, 2011.

Wu, J., 2013 [Interview] Offices of Taiwan ICDF, Shipai, Taiwan, with C. Alexander. May 10, 2013.

Wu, M., 2011 [Interview] Embassy of Republic of China (Taiwan) in El Salvador, with C. Alexander. February 15, 2011.

Yen, M.-H., 2013 [Interview] Headquarters of the Taiwan ICDF, Taipei, Taiwan, with C. Alexander, May 10, 2013.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• One  Introduction
• Two  China and Taiwan Relations with the Underdeveloped World
• Three  Costa Rica: Crossing the Taiwan Strait
• Four  El Salvador: Talking to Both Sides
• Five  Guatemala: Still Taiwan’s Friend?
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index