Latest CLD Research Briefs published

Law Library

November 10, 2021

 

Nine new Research Briefs (RBs) from the CLD project have been published here.

Written by invited Research Associates – a global network of early-career scholars and practitioners who are engaged in different types of work relating to the legal and regulatory dimensions of Chinese outbound capital in developing states - Research Briefs provide snapshots of on-going work on a variety of CLD-related issues.

This new series covers a very wide range of topics from vaccine equity to sustainable finance, and with case studies from Ethiopia, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Vietnam and more:

 

  • Labour Law Compliance among Chinese Enterprises in Ethiopia - Miriam Driessen, University of Oxford.
  • Chinese Cotton Diplomacy in Tajikistan: Greasing the Ties by Reviving the Cotton Economy - Irna Hofman, University of Oxford.
  • Vaccine Equity: Mapping the Challenges - Kai-Shen Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  • Legal Development Along the Belt and Road: How Extra-Legal Institutions Shape Foreign Investment and Development Prospects in Cambodia - Molly Bodurtha, Columbia Law School & Sokphea Young, University College London.
  • Unraveling the Role of Local Lawyers and Law Firms in Chinese Investments in Brazil - Marco André Germanò, University of São Paulo & Peking University.
  • The Impact of Regime Changes and Culture on Foreign Investment: The Case of Chinese Investors in the Goldmines of Kyrgyzstan - Nuraiym Syrgak, Kyrgyzstan.
  • City of London Law Firms Advising China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Study of Six Years of Engagement - Michael Yip, Peking University.
  • Chinese Disguised Investment in Vietnam - Ha Hai Do, University of Oxford.
  • Sustainable Finance and Green BRI Practice in Africa and South Asia: A Response to the Changing International Political Order - Chi Zhang, University of Glasgow (guest contributor).

 

We sincerely thank all the authors for their contributions. The opinions expressed in these Research Briefs represent the views of the author(s) alone.