1st Edition

Chinese Overseas Ports in Southeast and South Asia Cutting Through the Froth

Edited By Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Copyright 2025
206 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines PRC “involved” seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Including country-oriented chapters the book sheds light on inter alia the realization (or not) of Chinese seaports, the effects of Chinese participation on port... Read more

1. Chinese Overseas Ports in Southeast and South Asia: Connecting the Dots

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Chaitanya Pasupala

2. China’s Involvement in Cambodian Ports and its Impacts with Special Attention to Dara Sakor

Hakheng Ung, Sokvy Rim, and Sovinda Po

3. The Specter of the Maritime Silk Road in the Philippines: Duterte’s Political Calculus and Elite Coalitions across Chinese Ports

Alvin Camba and Tianyue Steven Gu

4. Chinese Seaports in Myanmar: Understanding Success and Stagnation

Maung Aung Myoe

5. Chinese Involvement in Bangladesh Seaports: A Window into the Evolving Economic Relationship

Mustafizur Rahman, Razon Chandra Saha, and Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

6. Gwadar Seaport, Pakistan

Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla (Ret). And Jabin T. Jacob

7. In the Dragons’ Wake: India’s Response to Chinese Maritime Activities in South and Southeast Asia

Christopher K. Colley

8. Operational Factors Informing Chinese Naval Port Access in South and Southeast Asia

Captain Brent D. Sadler (Ret.)

Biography

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Founding Executive Director at the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, USA.