One Bridge, Two Towns and Three Countries

Anticipatory Geopolitics in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Bibliographic Data

ID3948878
AuthorsShaun Lin (0000-0002-3377-5529, University of Wollongong, corresponding author), Carl Grundy-Warr (0000-0003-3763-2653, National University of Singapore)
Year2012
Volume17
Issue4
Pages952-979
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2012.662556
OpenAlexW2085129315
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited20

The proposed bridge between Chiang Khong and Houay Xay will form the remaining crucial link of the Asian Highway 3, connecting Bangkok to Kunming, a project highly anticipated in the Greater Mekong Subregion's (GMS) development. With China funding half the cost of the bridge, it signifies a strong player in the economic borderland. The article seeks to uncover the locals' thoughts and feelings of the bridge to raise awareness of ‘voices’ from the Thai-Lao border in relation to the further destinations the bridge will serve. The local perceptions of the proposed bridge are used to provide a form of comprehension of anticipatory cross-border geopolitical relations between the Thai-Lao border and China. Drawing on the concepts of critical geopolitics, anti-geopolitics and geoeconomics, it concludes by underscoring the need to listen to local perceptions at the Thai-Lao border as they signal potential ill-feelings that could jeopardise future cross-border geopolitical ties and trade

China · Destinations · Feeling · Geography · Geopolitics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Stadium · Tourism · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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