From 'debt diplomacy' to donorship? China's changing role in global development

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/UZHW7185" target="_blank" >10.1332/UZHW7185</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From 'debt diplomacy' to donorship? China's changing role in global development

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Since the mid-1990s the Chinese state and the country&apos;s businesses have significantly increased their activity throughout the Global South. In International Development, China&apos;s impacts on this varied meta-region have generated substantial interest in recent years due to their scale, scope and distinctive nature. Understandably, given the complexity of the subject, most analyses have focused on discrete aspects of Chinese engagement rather than attempting to undertake more comprehensive assessments around its nature and evolution. This article engages this lacuna by identifying the main vectors of China&apos;s engagement in the Global South, and examining their adaptive nature. In particular it identifies the main channels of impact and intersection before focusing on China&apos;s signature foreign economic policy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to ground the analysis. The article then examines the ways in which China is reconfiguring its foreign economic diplomacy in response to the issue of infrastructure-linked debt - perhaps the most controversial aspect of China&apos;s growing global presence. We demonstrate that the Chinese &apos;development&apos; policy is currently undergoing a substantial reorganisation towards soft power initiatives in response to (geo)political backlashes arising from the previous implementation of the BRI and the risks such loans present to the Chinese economy. We characterise this as an attempt at &apos;normalisation&apos; of China as a &apos;donor&apos;, suggesting the power of global public opinion despite the &apos;omni-channel politics&apos; and other power resources the country can bring to bear.

Název v anglickém jazyce

From 'debt diplomacy' to donorship? China's changing role in global development

Popis výsledku anglicky

Since the mid-1990s the Chinese state and the country&apos;s businesses have significantly increased their activity throughout the Global South. In International Development, China&apos;s impacts on this varied meta-region have generated substantial interest in recent years due to their scale, scope and distinctive nature. Understandably, given the complexity of the subject, most analyses have focused on discrete aspects of Chinese engagement rather than attempting to undertake more comprehensive assessments around its nature and evolution. This article engages this lacuna by identifying the main vectors of China&apos;s engagement in the Global South, and examining their adaptive nature. In particular it identifies the main channels of impact and intersection before focusing on China&apos;s signature foreign economic policy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to ground the analysis. The article then examines the ways in which China is reconfiguring its foreign economic diplomacy in response to the issue of infrastructure-linked debt - perhaps the most controversial aspect of China&apos;s growing global presence. We demonstrate that the Chinese &apos;development&apos; policy is currently undergoing a substantial reorganisation towards soft power initiatives in response to (geo)political backlashes arising from the previous implementation of the BRI and the risks such loans present to the Chinese economy. We characterise this as an attempt at &apos;normalisation&apos; of China as a &apos;donor&apos;, suggesting the power of global public opinion despite the &apos;omni-channel politics&apos; and other power resources the country can bring to bear.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Global Political Economy

ISSN

2635-2257

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2/2022

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

1-20

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