Indigenous interpretations and engagement of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Peninsular Malaysia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20154101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yunci Cai (0000-0003-3503-9565, Museum Studies University of Leicester UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 234-249 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12437 |
| OpenAlex | W4223530750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 28 |
Based on long‐term ethnographic study of the Indigenous Mah Meri communities at Carey Island and Orang Seletar communities at Danga Bay, both in Peninsular Malaysia, I critically examine local interpretations and engagement of China‐backed investments promoted under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Although these investments have encroached on their native customary territories and destroyed the natural environment which they depend on for their livelihoods, the Indigenous communities tend to perceive them as acts of land grabbing by the Malaysian political and economic elites, rather than a form of neo‐imperialism by mainland Chinese firms. My study underscores the need to attend to Indigenous politics and alternative forms of imaginaries in understanding the impacts of China‐backed investments. It complicates the dominant literature on the BRI by revealing more intricate nuances of the grounded realities, focusing on the perspectives of the Indigenous people, who hold customary rights to lands and territories under development
Archaeology · China · Economic growth · Ethnography · Geography · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Land grabbing · Livelihood · Mainland China · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Ecology · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |