Testing the China Threat paradigm: China's high-speed railway diplomacy in Southeast Asia |
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Authors: | Dragan Pavli?evi? Agatha Kratz |
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Institution: | 1. Department of China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong?–?Liverpool University, Suzhou, Chinadragan.pavlicevic@xjtlu.edu.cn;3. Lau China Institute, King's College London, London, UK |
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Abstract: | Vying for high-speed railway projects overseas has become a prominent feature of China's diplomacy in recent years, including in Southeast Asia. These efforts have been widely depicted within the premises of the China Threat narrative – as a part of Beijing's agenda to alter the power balance in Southeast Asia at the expense of the economic, political, and security well-being of countries in the region. This paper challenges such interpretations and concludes that these projects do not have either the intention or capacity to facilitate such a hostile and far-reaching agenda toward the region. |
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Keywords: | China Southeast Asia China Threat high-speed rail diplomacy |
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