1st Edition

The Effects of Chinese FDI in Southeast Asia Cheer, Commonsense, and Clarification Along the Belt and Road

Edited By Jean-Marc Blanchard Copyright 2026
256 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the economic and political effects of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (COFDI) through in-depth and comparative analyses of COFDI in economically and politically diverse Southeast Asia countries. Featuring 21 case studies of COFDI in Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Cambodia, the book looks at three core effects, namely, employment,... Read more

1. Southeast Asia as a Window into the Effects of Chinese Outward FDI: Hopes, Hypes, and Happenings

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

2. China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN: Features, Drivers, and Future Prospects

Min-Hua Chiang

3. China’s Investment in Indonesia: Growth, Effects, Challenges, and Prospects

Siwage Dharma Negara and Rebecca Hui Yun Neo

4. The Effects of COFDI in Thailand: Producing Lessons from Four Manufacturing Cases

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Soavapa Ngampramuan

5. The Effect of COFDI in the Philippines: Muted Economically and Problematic Politically

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Alvin Camba

6. Evaluating the Effects of Chinese Outward FDI in Malaysia: Insights from the Digital Free Trade Zone and Forest City Cases

Guanie Lim and Yat Ming Ooi

7. Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Myanmar: Investment Realization and Effects

Angela Tritto and Roger Lee Huang

8. The Effects of COFDI in Cambodia

Sophal Ear

9. Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer: Deductions, Data, and Their Meaning for Southeast Asia

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

10. Environmental Outcomes of COFDI in Southeast Asia

May Tan-Mullins and Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

Biography

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