This book examines PRC “involved” seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Including country-oriented chapters, the book sheds light on inter alia the realization (or not) of Chinese seaports, the...
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February 13, 2024
This special report distills the business lessons contained in Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, ed., Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas: Understanding Smooth and Turbulent Waters (London: Routledge, 2024). Readers are welcome to quote from the attached report with proper attribution. Recommended reference: Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Chaitanya Pasupala, “Chinese...
January 21, 2024
This is a distillation of the policy lessons contained in Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, ed., Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas: Understanding Smooth and Turbulent Waters (London: Routledge, 2024). Readers are welcome to quote from the attached report with proper attribution. Recommended reference: Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Chaitanya Pasupala, “Chinese Overseas Ports...
August 14, 2023
This book analyzes the progress, gains, and effects of Chinese overseas ports through in-depth and systematic studies of numerous cases in Europe and Latin America. China’s participation in overseas ports, especially under the rubric of the Belt and Road Initiative, is a matter of great concern to businesspeople, policymakers, and...
February 26, 2020
This article sheds light on the factors shaping China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI) in small states through a study of Djibouti and the MSRI. It also analyses the establishment of China’s first overseas military base and thus evaluates the military-security implications of Chinese MSRI ports. Among other things, it...
Domestic Politics as Fuel for China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative: The Case of the Gulf Monarchies
China’s involvement with the Gulf monarchies has been built upon an economic foundation. With the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI) this has expanded, as the Gulf monarchies see cooperation with China through MSRI projects as a means of advancing economic development programs necessary...
January 2, 2020
Two burning academic and policy questions in the study of Latin American and Caribbean- China ties relate to the effects of China’s rising trade, investment and financial presence on Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) country foreign and domestic policies. In this article, we study the case of Ecuador, focusing on...
This article explores the political economy of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Argentina during the reign of Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez. Among other things, it contemplates possible links between Chinese outward FDI (OFDI) volumes and Argentina’s domestic and foreign policies. It also analyses a mixture of successful...
This article focuses on Chinese-Caribbean relations, which have been marked in the early twenty-first century by an increase in bilateral trade and Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the region. The relationship has been generally positive for both sides. However, at the same time, there are areas of friction...
April 24, 2018
This article argues that the origins and theoretical underpinnings of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative can actually be traced back to the mid-1980s, that is, almost three decades before the official media unveiled the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI). It examines the changing role of Myanmar in China’s grand...
