Forest city, Malaysia, and Chinese expansionism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Moser (0000-0002-5864-8067, McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 935-943 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02723638.2017.1405691 |
| OpenAlex | W2769836844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 16 |
Over the past decade, an acceleration of Chinese state and private investment in urban infrastructure and real estate has transformed many skylines around the world. In 2014, a private Chinese company in collaboration with Malaysia’s Sultan of Johor state started construction on Forest City, a private gated luxury mega-development for 700,000 people on four reclaimed islands in the narrow strait that separates Malaysia and Singapore. While the official material for Forest City claims it is for all nationalities, it is being marketed predominantly in China and to ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. This paper investigates the broader implications for Singapore, Malaysia, and the region and makes two key arguments. First, I suggest Forest City is more than a Chinese-financed real estate development, rather it constitutes a Chinese neocolonial outpost to which Malaysia has largely conceded sovereignty and advances China’s expansionist agenda. Second, Forest City challenges current geopolitical dynamics and threatens to undermine Malaysia’s relationships with neighbouring countries
China · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Expansionism · Geography · Geopolitics · Investment (military · Political science · Politics · Real estate · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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Indigenous interpretations and engagement of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Peninsular Malaysia
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Revisioning Urban Pulse
Representations of utopian urbanism and the feminist geopolitics of “new city” development
The relational co-production of “success” and “failure,” or the politics of anxiety of exporting urban “models” elsewhere
The urbanising dynamics of global China
The new planetary suburban frontier
Emerging trends in urbanizing Palestine
Mapping waterfront (re)developments in Southeast Asia
New Cities
Building new cities in the Global South
Urban speculation for survival
Translating Sustainability into Somatic Experience
Capital mobility and centre–state relations
Varieties of urban entrepreneurialism
Malaysia’s Hedging Strategy Towards China Under Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020)
How does the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ change urbanisation patterns in Southeast Asia
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The interurban migration industry
Transnational education zones
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China’s “Asia Dream”
New cities
Land Grabs Today
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Urban Infrastructure Financing and Economic Performance in China
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |