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Money backfires: How Chinese investment fuels anti-China protests abroad
Chinese FDI promotes anti-China protests, but the effects are contingent on the level of political competition. The effect of Chinese FDI on anti-China protests is particularly stronger in countries where citizens have limited institutional routes to express their grievances and pursue policy alternatives through political competition. The pattern of increasing anti-China protests does not appear in the context of Chinese foreign aid or trade with China.
Do Young Gong, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Shuyuan Shen, Yujeong Yang
DOI