China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Impact on Sub-regional Southeast Asia

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This book evaluates China’s relations with sub-regional Southeast Asia through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework. The book looks at domestic drivers and regional receptivity of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and also delves into the challenges of China’s engagement in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. The book examines how China’s BRI will contribute to the development of these countries, to regional economic integration and cooperation processes within a political-economic context. It addresses the BRI process within the GMS on three levels: regional, individual recipient countries and the Chinese perspective. The case studies in the book will help to provide insights on China’s growing economic influence in sub-regional Southeast Asia and its Belt and Road Initiative. This book will appeal to researchers interested in the BRI, China's relations with Southeast Asia and China’s neighbourhood policy and how domestic considerations are influencing China’s policy making. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors List of abbreviations 1 Introduction and overview PART I: The regional level 2 Regional cooperation in the Mekong Basin 3 Rising energy demand in Mekong sub-region 4 Energy, SE Asia, Central Asia and BRI PART II: Individual country focus 5 Thailand’s 4.0 development strategy in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative 6 Examining Laos’ policy responses to BRI 7 Cambodia’s development potentials and BRI PART III: Chinese provincial level 8 Yunnan connecting China and Southeast Asia 9 Multi-regional cooperation BRI and Guangxi Index