Mapping PRC Companies in the Pacific

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Graeme
dc.contributor.authorImpiombato, Daria
dc.contributor.authorKabutaulaka, Tarcisius
dc.contributor.authorSzadziewski, Henryk
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-12T22:15:31Z
dc.date.available2023-11-12T22:15:31Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-10
dc.description.abstractThe role of companies from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in shaping the development and the political economy of Pacific Island countries (PICs) has been the subject of increasing academic and media interest. Reflecting both the infrastructure needs of Pacific Island nations and the domestic politics of the PRC, China's construction companies have come to dominate the construction and real estate sectors of many PICs. Such has been the concentration of investment in the construction sector that as early as 2019 an investment guide published by China’s Ministry of Commerce (responsible for regulating and assisting PRC companies abroad) bluntly warned that 'homogenous' construction companies had saturated the market in Papua New Guinea (Smith 2019). Other researchers have noted that in many Pacific markets, PRC companies' main challenge is competition with each other, leading some companies to 'make lowball offers to win the bid and substantially increase the cost afterwards' (Zhang 2023a:96). PRC investments in the region have increased in volume and value, adding up to US$2.72 billion by the end of 2021 (MFA 24/5/2022).en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn2209-9476en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/305652
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDepartment of Pacific Affairs discussion paper series: 2023/1en_AU
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.subjectMapping PRC Companies in the Pacificen_AU
dc.titleMapping PRC Companies in the Pacificen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-11-09
local.contributor.affiliationDept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremaildpa@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.identifier.doi10.25911/K10Z-8806
local.identifier.essn2209-9530en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu3505676en_AU
local.mintdoiminten_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.auen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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