The Politicization of Chinese Investment: Electoral Competition and Anti-China Protest in Central Asia and Africa

• In Event: Political Economy of Protests in/against China

Brief Overview

Electoral competition moderates the effect of Chinese investment and aid on protest. The opposition responds to the incumbent’s strategic appropriation of Chinese money by politicizing it and mobilizing protests against both the incumbent and China.

Authors

• Do Young Gong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Shuyuan Shen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign