@article{ART003111156},
author={Kiryong Choi},
title={Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia},
journal={Asia Review},
issn={2234-0386},
year={2024},
volume={14},
number={2},
pages={85-126},
doi={10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kiryong Choi
TI - Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia
JO - Asia Review
PY - 2024
VL - 14
IS - 2
PB - 아시아연구소
SP - 85
EP - 126
SN - 2234-0386
AB - Ten years have passed since China’s Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) emerged in 2013. China is building transboundary infrastructure by promoting more than 200 BRIs with 150 countries around the world, including Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). For 10 years of BRI, China has been attracting attention worldwide as a major actor, but developing countries where transboundary infrastructure is being built, are not receiving attention because they are recognized or marginalized as objects. This study analyzes whether the acceptance of transboundary infrastructure being built in Laos and Cambodia under BRI is carried out through case analysis research methods. As a tool for analysis, we use a model that subdivides and supplements the three evaluation criteria used by Sobacool to measure social acceptance proposed by Wüstenhagen: Socio-political Acceptance, Community Acceptance, and Market Acceptance. Sobacool subdivided the evaluation indicators into ‘Strong institutional capacity’, ‘Political commitment’, and ‘Favourable legal and regulatory frameworks’ as socio-political acceptance. Second, community acceptance is presented by subdividing it into ‘Proficial community/individual ownership and use’, ‘Particular project sitting’, and ‘Recognition of externalities or positive public image’. Third, market acceptance is subdivided into ‘Competitive installation/production costs’, ‘Mechanisms for information and feedback’, and ‘Access to financing’. This study analyzed the social acceptance of the transboundary infrastructure of Laos’ Kunming-Boten-Vientiane high-speed rail and Cambodia’s Sihanoukville port, and socio-political acceptance was generally well achieved, but community and market acceptance were generally not well achieved. Based on this, the study points out the paradox of connectivity and the need to expand research related to China's connection strategy in the future.
KW - Belt and Road Initiative;Transboundary Infrastructure;Social Acceptance;Laos;Cambodia;the Paradox of Connectivity
DO - 10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
ER -
Kiryong Choi. (2024). Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia. Asia Review, 14(2), 85-126.
Kiryong Choi. 2024, "Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia", Asia Review, vol.14, no.2 pp.85-126. Available from: doi:10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
Kiryong Choi "Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia" Asia Review 14.2 pp.85-126 (2024) : 85.
Kiryong Choi. Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia. 2024; 14(2), 85-126. Available from: doi:10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
Kiryong Choi. "Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia" Asia Review 14, no.2 (2024) : 85-126.doi: 10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
Kiryong Choi. Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia. Asia Review, 14(2), 85-126. doi: 10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
Kiryong Choi. Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia. Asia Review. 2024; 14(2) 85-126. doi: 10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
Kiryong Choi. Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia. 2024; 14(2), 85-126. Available from: doi:10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
Kiryong Choi. "Social Acceptance of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mekong Region: Cases ofTransboundary Infrastructure Construction in Laos and Cambodia" Asia Review 14, no.2 (2024) : 85-126.doi: 10.24987/SNUACAR.2024.8.14.2.85
