China’s centralization in its essential vital area, Southeast Asia and the quest for influence implantation

Abstract

In this study, we will focus on one of the important strategic regions in the Chinese geopolitical perspective outside its vital field, "East Asia Region", Therefore, this research aims to gain familiarity with the Chinese pillars in this region and the dimensions of interest in it, and to show the importance of the Maritime Silk Road as a center that it adopts Chinese to secure the ports and its vital area in Southeast Asia, which made the United States of America implement policies to besiege China in its vital area and link the region with security agreements in order to control it, and the results of this study indicate that economic, security and political interests are the main motivation for China, by adopting Balance in its foreign security and economic policies in the Asia region, which is considered its first vital area.

Keywords

• china; southeast asia; vital area; domiciliation
• influence