Investments as a tool of influence: China’s policy in Laos and Nepal
https://doi.org/10.48137/2074-2975_2022_01_38
Abstract
Using the example of Laos and Nepal, the article analyzes Beijing’s policy in the Asia-Pacific region. The choice of incidents is determined by the level of economic development of the countries and the factor of geographic proximity. Laos and Nepal are some of the poorest countries in the region, but with a different resource base and development dynamics, which makes certain adjustments to Beijing’s plans. The analysis made it possible to identify the dialectics of Chinese influence technologies – the skillful use of economic methods to consolidate their presence in the countries of the world.
About the Authors
E. G. Ponomareva
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavlova Vihra I. – doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Theories, Strategies and Forecasts
V. I. Pavlova
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Pavlova Vihra I. – doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Theories, Strategies and Forecasts
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Ponomareva E.G., Pavlova V.I. Investments as a tool of influence: China’s policy in Laos and Nepal. Обозреватель–Observer. 2022;(1):38-47. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/2074-2975_2022_01_38
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