The Scale of the Dragon’s Shadow: Chinese Aid and Investment in Southeast Asia (2000–2022)

Abstract

This issue is based on the results of the Asean-China Aid research programme financed by the Université Paris Cité’s Emergence en Recherche call for proposals, the aim of which is to measure and analyse Chinese development aid and investment in Southeast Asia. Having recalled the temporalities of the rapprochement between China and Southeast Asian countries, this introductory contribution presents the positioning and methodology of the research group and then outlines its main results.

Keywords

• Southeast Asia
• China
• geopolitics
• AidData
• chinese public financial flows
• development aid