The Development-Insecurity Nexus in China's Near-Abroad
Rethinking Cross-Border Economic Integration in an Era of State Transformation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3986369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shahar Hameiri (0000-0003-1290-5141, The University of Queensland), Lee Jones (0000-0003-4825-7238, Queen Mary University of London), Yizheng Zou (0000-0003-2228-2558, Institute for China’s Overseas Interests, Shenzhen University, People’s Republic of China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-499 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472336.2018.1502802 |
| OpenAlex | W2887916463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 67 |
Surprisingly, perhaps, China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative expresses a familiar mix of the security–development nexus and liberal interdependence thesis: Chinese leaders expect economic development and integration will stabilise and secure neighbouring states and improve inter-state relations. However, drawing on the record of China's intensive economic interaction with Myanmar, we argue that the opposite outcome may occur, for two reasons. First, capitalist development is inherently conflict-prone. Second, moreover, China's cross-border economic relations today are shaped by state transformation – the fragmentation, decentralisation and internationalisation of party-state apparatuses. Accordingly, economic relations often emerge not from coherent national strategies, but from the uncoordinated, even contradictory, activities of various state and non-state agencies at multiple scales, which may exacerbate capitalist development's conflictual aspects and undermine official policy goals. In the Sino-Myanmar case, the lead Chinese actors creating and managing cross-border economic engagements are sub-national agencies and enterprises based in, or operating through, Yunnan province. The rapacious form of development they have pursued has exacerbated insecurity, helped to reignite ethnic conflict in Myanmar's borderlands, and plunged bilateral relations into crisis. Consequently, the Chinese government has had to change its policy and intervene in Myanmar's domestic affairs to promote peace negotiations
China · Decentralization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Negotiation · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · State (computer science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
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| Citations per year | 4,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |