Chinese infrastructure diplomacy in Russia: the geopolitics of project type, location, and scale

Jia, Fanqi; Bennett, Mia M.

doi:10.1080/15387216.2019.1571371

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“…Khabarovsk and Fuyuan are divided by the Amur River, with much exchange between them (Iwashita 2004). With the bridge between Blagoveschensk and Heihe, first mooted in the early 1990s, finally completed in 2019, the two nations have found a variety of ways through which to develop their exchange (Iwashita 2005;Shaglanova 2016;Jia and Bennett 2018). The China-North Korea border, meanwhile, is most familiar from Dandong and Sinuiju on the Yalu River, but exchange also occurs at points like Namyang and Hunchun (Cathcart, Green, and Denney 2020), and along the Russia-North Korea border at Khasan (Golunov 2016).…”

Section: Border Processes In Northeast Asiamentioning

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Bordering and scaling Northeast Asia

Boyle

Iwashita

2021

Asian Geographer

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This article utilizes an interdisciplinary border studies perspective in order to explain the absence of regional integration in Northeast Asia. While in other parts of the world, such as Europe or Southeast Asia, the cessation of the Cold War and increasing cross-border linkages promoted the emergence of integrative institutions and imagined regional communities, this has not occurred in Northeast Asia. Although the region experienced a veritable explosion of cross-border activity in the aftermath of the Cold War, potentially beneficial effects of economic and migratory flows for inter-state relations have not led to comparable success constructing regional institutions. The central issue with which the article is concerned is to understand the role of borders in this marked absence of regional integration. The paper adopts a pluralistic perspective on Northeast Asia's borders that considers them as institutions existing between states, processes of exchange and mobility over them, and as constituting the region as a borderland space characterized by functionally and spatially extensive contestation over state and regional boundaries. Border studies allow us to analyze the Northeast Asian region from the edges of both its constituent states and the region itself, and thus offers a multi-layered lens through which to examine this space. The historical and comparative analysis conducted here reveals the dynamics of regional development and constraints under which the region operates. The paper suggests that the contrast between the Northeast Asia's sharp, securitized, internal borders, multiplying into novel spaces, and its undetermined outer ones accounts for the failure to integrate today.

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Section: Border Processes In Northeast Asiamentioning

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Bordering and scaling Northeast Asia

Boyle

Iwashita

2021

Asian Geographer

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“…Det er blitt inngått formelle samarbeidsavtaler mellom Kina og Russland der jernbaneutbygging er blitt spesielt nevnt (Felleserklaering, 2015). Slike prosjekter kan også sees på som et ledd i kinesisk «infrastruktur-diplomati» -statlig engasjement i utbyggingen av en annen stats infrastruktur (Jia & Bennett, 2018). Fra russisk side har det vaert uttrykt store forventninger til kinesiske investeringer i infrastruktur som kan bidra til økonomisk utvikling i nord, men det finnes også russiske observatører som er skeptiske til kinesiske initiativer: Ligger det politiske ambisjoner bak Kinas ønske om sterkere innflytelse i Arktis (Gudev, 2019;Leonov, 2019)?…”

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“…Andre kinesiske infrastrukturselskaper har kommet inn siden, men størrelsen på og betingelsene for deres eventuelle rolle er ikke kjent. I et annet stort kinesisk jernbaneprosjekt i Russland -høyhastighetsbanen Kazan-Moskva -ser det ut til at uenighet om fordeling av risiko og kontroll var en av årsakene til at prosjektet stoppet opp (Jia & Bennett, 2018), selv om kostnader var den formelle begrunnelsen på russisk side for å utsette det prosjektet på ubestemt tid (Zubarev, 2020).…”

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En kinesisk jernbane til Arktis? Historien om Belkomur – så langt

Moe

2021

Nordisk Østforum

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A Chinese Railway to the Arctic? The Story of Belkomur -so FarThe further development of the Northern Sea Route, including the associated logistical chains and infrastructure, enjoys high priority in Russia, and inadequate south-north transportation capacity is recognized as a problem. China has shown increasing interest in Arctic shipping over the past ten years. The construction of a railway from the Urals, with connections to China, to a deep-water port with access to the Arctic Ocean appeared attractive, both as a strategic opportunity for China and as a natural area for Chinese engagement in Russia, given announcements of the close partnership and common interests between the two countries. Since 2012 various Chinese companies have shown interest in investing, and the conclusion of a concession agreement has been announced several times. The Russian federal authorities have voiced support, without committing budget funding. Increasingly, however, critical remarks have been heard from the federal government, although regional support remains strong. As of mid-2021 no firm agreement had been signed, and the pro ject was put on hold. Reviewing the history of the project since Chinese companies were first engaged, this article offers insights on Russian regional authorities' scope for manoeuvre and the relationship between central and regional power. It also reveals Russian misinterpretations of Chinese interest in the project.

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“…They believe that the Northern Sea Route has certain advantages over other available Arctic shipping corridors. Fanqi and Bennett [2019] investigate bilateral cooperation in transport and energy infrastructure sectors. They evaluate the impacts of the project type, location, and scale of infrastructure diplomacy on the design, construction, and exploitation of different objects, in Arctic zone, in particular.…”

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Are Eastern Baltic Ports the drivers of Eurasian trade?

Efimova

Vroblevskaya

2019

International Journal of Management and Economics

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Since “Belt and Road initiative” (BRI) has been launched, the major volume of academic studies focus on the consideration of Eurasian land and maritime transport routes. Experts on Chinese foreign policy and geopolitical strategy emphasize possible positive and negative aspects of the initiative for the states involved. The business and political circles from Eastern Baltic Sea region are looking for possible ways to attract cargo to its ports. Yet, the possible transformations of Chinese foreign trade flows in the context of BRI are now under academic consideration. We focus on the evaluation of ports’ possibilities to handle Chinese cargo. The key issues of our study include the choice of cargo transportation routes and opportunities to attract Chinese investment to expand port and logistics infrastructure. The methodology of the research is based on statistical data analysis for the further comparison of transport routes. Our empirical results demonstrate that Eastern Baltic Sea ports can attract little part of Chinese trade flows.

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Chinese infrastructure diplomacy in Russia: the geopolitics of project type, location, and scale

Cited by 20 publications

References 71 publications

Bordering and scaling Northeast Asia

Bordering and scaling Northeast Asia

En kinesisk jernbane til Arktis? Historien om Belkomur – så langt

Are Eastern Baltic Ports the drivers of Eurasian trade?

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