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This collection explores the expansion of Chinese outbound investments, aimed to sustain the increased need for natural resources, and how they have amplified the magnitude of a possible international crisis that the People´s Republic of China may face in the near future by bringing together the views of a wide range of scholars. President Xi´s Belt and Road initiative (BRI), aimed to promote economic development and exchanges with China for over 60 countries, necessitates a wide range of security procedures. While the threats to Chinese enterprises and Chinese workers based on foreign soil are poised to increase, there is an urgent need to develop new guidelines for risk assessment, special insurance and crisis management. While the Chinese State Owned Enterprises are expanding their international reach capabilities, they still do not have the capacity to assure adequate security. In such a climate, this collection will be of profound value to policy makers, those working in the financial sector, and academics.

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Introduction
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

Dr. Cindy J. Smith, UNICRI Director

Cap I The BRI: Blueprint and Progress

Li Yihai: BRI communication progress

Tong Yueting:

ASEAN Role in the BRI

Kerry Brown:

UK Perspective on BRI

Alica Kizekova:

James Dorsey:

BRI and the 16+1

BRI in the Middle East

Cap II Political and Security Risks of the BRI

Alessandro Arduino:

BRI Risk Forecasting and Crisis Mitigation: the role of Private Security Corporations

Khuram Iqbal:

The Political and Security Risks of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Farkhad Tolipov:

BRI in Central Asia: Progress, Challenges and Implications

Sun Pinjie:

Cybersecurity and big data narrative analysis along the BRI

Stefanie Kam:

Terrorism in Southeast Asia:

Risks and Implications for China´s BRI

Cap III Corporate Social Responsibilities of Chinese Investments

Tang Zhimin:

Corporate Social Responsibility Performance of Chinese Investments: The Case of Thailand

Dang Thi Hai Ha:

Chinese Investments in Vietnam and Corporate Social Responsibilities

Suci Lestari Yuana:

Chinese Investments in Indonesia and Corporate Social Responsibilities risks

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Dr. Alessandro Arduino is the co-director of the Security & Crisis Management program at the Shanghai Academy of Social Science (SASS-UNITO) and external affiliate at the Lau China Institute, King´s College London. Dr. Arduino´s two decades of experience in China encompasses security analysis and crisis management.
Dr. Xue Gong is a Research Fellow with China Programme at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. She received her PhD from NTU in 2017. Her main research interests include China´s economic diplomacy, Belt and Road Initiative, China´s economic relations with Southeast Asia, China´s SOEs reforms and corporate social responsibility.

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