China’s land and resource investment in Sino/Southeast Asian borderlands has created new economic opportunities and sets of social relations. In this webinar, panelists will focus on grounded geopolitics and how they get refracted through Chinese investments in large-scale agribusiness and other activities in these border zones. They highlight the complexities of Chinese engagement on Southeast Asia’s borders (past and present) and how they have varied in response to changing local and national interests. 

 Participants include:

• Dr. Erica Fox Brindley, Professor of Asian Studies, History, and Philosophy, Penn State

• Dr. Juliet Lu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University

• Dr. Andrew Ong, Visiting Fellow, Myanmar Studies Program, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

• Dr. Kevin Woods, Adjunct Fellow, East-West Center/Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Geography & Environment, UH Mānoa/Senior Policy Analyst, Forest Trends

• Dr. Cathy Clayton, Associate Professor, Asian Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (Moderator)

This event is part of the Crossing Borders: International Affairs Between China and Southeast Asia 2020-2021 Roundtable Series co-hosted by the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and the East-West Center.

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