HOW DO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCE CHINA'S INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN CAMBODIA? A GEOSOCIAL ANALYSIS

LIU Xiao-feng; WANG Yu; HU Zhi-ding; GE Yue-jing; HUANG Yu

doi:10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.02.008

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2) : 59-66,157. DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.02.008

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HOW DO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCE CHINA'S INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN CAMBODIA? A GEOSOCIAL ANALYSIS

LIU Xiao-feng¹, WANG Yu², HU Zhi-ding³, GE Yue-jing⁴, HUANG Yu⁵

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Following the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has multiplied its international contacts and seen the necessity of people-to-people exchanges. Inspecting the BRI through a geosocial lens is thus crucial. Although Cambodia is regarded as a model for BRI international cooperation, China's infrastructure projects here have encountered many difficulties with geosocial factors playing key roles. Among the factors, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are crucial links connecting various geosocial actors and elements. Against the backdrop, this paper utilizes fieldwork interviews and observations and secondhand materials to investigate the roles of NGOs in Cambodia in the suspension of Chay Areng hydropower dam project. We first depict the basic characteristics of the NGOs in Cambodia. Then we examine how they generally operate and influence China's projects in Cambodia. Last but not least, we reveal the factors determining the formation of these influences.

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geosocial / non- state actors / non- governmental organizations (NGO) / Cambodia / the Belt and Road

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LIU Xiao-feng, WANG Yu, HU Zhi-ding, GE Yue-jing, HUANG Yu. HOW DO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCE CHINA'S INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN CAMBODIA? A GEOSOCIAL ANALYSIS[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 2022, 37(2): 59-66,157 https://doi.org/10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.02.008

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