BROTHERS IN ARMS: NO MORE? PARTY TO PARTY RELATIONS IN SINO-VIETNAMESE RELATIONS

Both governments follow the same model of a Leninist structure of government; however, despite the cultural and geographical proximity, this does not translate into close, cordial relations formed as a strategic ideological community. The paper investigates party-to-party relations. These are understood in the contexts of ideological community, a strategic channel for communication, as a means of penetrating and forming the opinions of party members, and as a crisis and public opinion management mechanism. Discussing the local party-to-party relations the paper argues that the major factor behind the relations is the international one of the Chinese currency RMB through cross-border trade. Please download the CAA Paper here.