Chinese Investments in Southeast Asia

Book Seminar - Chinese Investments in Southeast Asia: Patterns and Significance by Evelyn Goh and Nan Liu (Singapore: ISEAS, 2023)

This book seminar is the final event of the ANU Southeast Asia Institute Research Seminar Series in 2023.

Southeast Asia's growing economic linkages with China have generated political opportunities and strategic concerns in equal measure. This book seminar provides a fuller picture of Chinese investments in Southeast Asia for those seeking to understand its significance and impacts. From their carefully constructed dataset, book authors Evelyn Goh and Nan Liu provide a regionwide, multi-sectoral analysis quantitative survey and analysis of key changes in Chinese investments in Southeast Asian economies over fifteen years, from 2005 to 2019. Additionally, they provide a qualitative assessment of the geopolitical significance of these trends and patterns. Thus, this study creates a baseline understanding of more recent Chinese investments in the region. In the near future, when a feasible data series can be collated for the years from 2020, it will also allow sharper analysis of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Chinese investments in the region.

Speaker:

Professor Evelyn Goh FBA FASSA is the Shedden Professor of Strategic Policy Studies at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. She is also Director of the ANU Southeast Asia Institute. Goh's scholarship focuses on East Asian security and international relations, and she is a leading authority on Southeast Asian security strategies.

Chair: Dr Nicholas Chan, ANU

Discussants: Dr Amy King and Dr Benjamin Herscovitch, ANU

Book Sale - A limited number of books are available for sale for AUD $28 (card only)

The book seminar will be followed by light refreshments.

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