Mapping China's Unusual Investment

Over the final calendar month at that topographic point has been a abrupt surge of interactive maps exploring China's growing influence every bit a global super power.

In One Belt, One Road the Financial Times mapped approximately of the huge infrastructure projects PRC has undertaken to connect primal Asia amongst the balance of the world. In Chinese Aid inwards the Pacific the Lowy Institute has mapped Chinese aid projects inwards the Pacific islands region. The Center for Strategic & International Studies has besides mapped China's territorial together with maritime claims inwards the South PRC Sea.

The New York Times has instantly mapped China's overseas investments from 2005-2013. The World According to China features a serial of maps showing where together with how much PRC has invested inwards other countries.

The maps demo how Chinese investment has grown substantially since 2005. They besides demo how PRC has invested heavily inwards politically sensitive countries such every bit Democratic People's South Korea together with Myanmar, countries western investors tend to avoid. PRC has besides invested heavily inwards resources rich countries inwards Africa together with the Middle East, amongst 'autocratic governments together with struggling economies.

The lawsuit of this investment is that PRC has locked upwards many of import crude oil together with construction contracts inwards countries where Western governments would similar to run into economical reform together with improving environmental standards. Thus making it harder for the westward to force for political reforms inwards these countries.