Engagement with the public and stakeholders is an indispensable way to reduce negative
effects associated with extractive projects, and is a key dimension in corporate social …

The dramatic growth in the relationship between Africa and China is one of the great stories
of the twenty-first century, part of the profound transformations taking place in the global …

What are the dominant motives behind China's increasing financial presence in Africa in
recent years? In this article, the authors present new quantitative evidence on Chinese …

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the
international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-language debates and …

The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest
in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing-the large-scale acquisition of land in …

This paper examines China's overseas land-based investments in agriculture. Our
hypothesis is that–despite extensive media, NGO and scholarly attention to China'sglobal …

Featuring a new foreword that brings the book up to date Rare earths are elements that are
found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high …

China's unprecedented economic growth path over the last two decades has been
paralleled by an exponential growth in the consumption of natural resources and in …

How do Chinese firms assess investment risk? I argue that major Chinese firms tend to
invest in countries whose leaders they perceive as strong. However, their perception of a …

China has emerged in the 21st century as a sophisticated, and sometimes contentious, actor
in the United Nations Security Council. This is evident in a range of issues, from negotiations …