Chinese Global Infrastructure

Austin Strange (The University of Hong Kong)

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Cambridge University Press
21 December 2023

Constitution: government & the state

Series: Elements in Global China

Infrastructure is at the heart of China's presence in global development and is also central to larger debates about Chinese influence. This Element provides a comprehensive account of major Chinese government-financed infrastructure projects in the Global South since 1949. Using new datasets, it demonstrates that Chinese global infrastructure is distinct in terms of its historical tenacity and massive contemporary scope. But this does not imply that contemporary Chinese global infrastructure or the Belt and Road Initiative should be studied in a vacuum. Historical and comparative perspectives show that contemporary projects often emerge based on similar political logics to those that shaped infrastructure investment in earlier periods of Chinese history and other international contexts. The Element then examines how infrastructure projects have created both purposeful and unintended sources of influence by serving as valuable but risky political capital for host country governments as well as the Chinese government. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

By: Austin Strange (The University of Hong Kong)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 163g
ISBN: 9781009088343
ISBN 10: 1009088343
Series: Elements in Global China
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 21 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Questions about infrastructure and influence; 2. The lineage of Chinese overseas development projects; 3. Chinese global infrastructure: high-profile and prestige projects; 4. The infrastructure-influence nexus; 5. The past, present, and future of Chinese global infrastructure; References; Appendices.