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INTERVIEW: Global China is hugely impacting the world, but ‘China’ is not a single coherent actor giving orders from the top

  • Prof. Ching Kwan Lee,

‘Global China’ is shorthand for a very complex phenomenon with many different components.

An alternative framing for the ‘issue’ of Chinese international students in Western nations

  • Dr Jun (Eric) Fu, Dr Yizhou Wang, Dr Yu Hao & Dr Qiuping Pan,

Chinese students are deeply embedded in the fabric of host societies and shouldn’t be treated as a problematic, or even threatening, ‘other’.

Chinese investor perspectives on customary land disputes in Vanuatu

  • Dr Ka ling Cheung & A/Prof Jennifer Day,

The interplay between informal customary law and formal legal frameworks creates uncertainties and potential risks for Chinese investors.

The UNDP has significantly shaped Global China’s role in international development

  • Qing Gu,

China would not have evolved into a key player in global development without the support of the United Nations Development Program.

Chinese employers in Botswana and their impact on local workers

  • Dr Liang Chen,

Botswana labour policy and the preferences of Chinese employers mean Batswana workers are often relegated to unstable, low-skilled jobs.

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