Chinese global infrastructure
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,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in global China,
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009787739406719 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (94 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| ISBN: | 9781009092951 9781009093286 9781009090902 |
| Access: | Open Access. |
