Book Share – China in Malaysia: State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows

Dear all,

You are invited to an online book share titled Book Share - China in Malaysia: State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows.

Date: Thursday, 23 September 2021
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 (Singapore Standard Time)
Venue: Zoom
Organizer: Belt and Road Initiative Research Cluster, NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Register via Zoom: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrd-GpqTgoHNUYpCBAfgx4zLgtF6vMbSEF

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email that contains a Zoom link and instructions on joining the session. If you do not receive the confirmation email within two working days, please email us at bri@nus.edu.sg.

We look forward to your attendance and participation.

About the Book

This book examines state-state relations and new forms of state business relations that have emerged with an increase in China’s foreign direct investments in Malaysia. Focusing on investments in the industrial sector and through in-depth case studies, this book adopts a novel framework to analyse these different types of state-business relations. These new forms of state-business relations are created from the different modes of negotiations between different key actors in each of the cases. Diverse outcomes were found, reflecting the disparate forms of power relationships and state cohesiveness with unique institutional architectures formed in each case. The book identifies a major shift in structural power in these new forms of state-business relations as China’s large multinational state-owned enterprises increasingly invest in Malaysia. A well-constructed institutional architecture is needed, not just in Malaysia but for other Southeast Asian countries, if foreign investments are to be harnessed to promote effective industrial development.