University of Tehran POLITICAL QUARTERLY 1735-9678 50 1 2020 03 20 CHINA'S REGIME-BUILDING IN THE EAST ASIA CHINA'S REGIME-BUILDING IN THE EAST ASIA 133 151 76885 10.22059/jpq.2020.249369.1007203 FA Bahareh Sazmand Associated Professor; Regional Studies Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Ahmad Ramezani PhD Student; Regional Studies Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2018 01 15 One of the realities of the current century is the existence of different regimes and organizations for cooperation between countries in thematic areas. This has grown dramatically, especially after the Cold War, as the number of established regimes is abundant connected the world as a network of communication texture. China is among the emerging countries. It has been able to make its second economy in the world for two to three decades. The main question here is why China has created regimes in East Asia. Using this explanatory method, interest and maximizing interests are the main motivations for China to create regional regimes, and it is argued that China is seeking economic incentives to develop regimes in order to consolidate its position. In this regard, China have supported or formed ASEAN+3, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the Belt and Road Initiative. The proposed approach in this study is interest-based regimes and the compilation method of materials by library and documentary. One of the realities of the current century is the existence of different regimes and organizations for cooperation between countries in thematic areas. This has grown dramatically, especially after the Cold War, as the number of established regimes is abundant connected the world as a network of communication texture. China is among the emerging countries. It has been able to make its second economy in the world for two to three decades. The main question here is why China has created regimes in East Asia. Using this explanatory method, interest and maximizing interests are the main motivations for China to create regional regimes, and it is argued that China is seeking economic incentives to develop regimes in order to consolidate its position. In this regard, China have supported or formed ASEAN+3, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the Belt and Road Initiative. The proposed approach in this study is interest-based regimes and the compilation method of materials by library and documentary. https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_76885_4ae1af19cef1d98133b75521a4ecbe0d.pdf