Corporate Kowtowing: How and Why the Chinese Communist Party Forces Foreign Companies to Toe the Party Line on the CCP’s Core Interests

• In Event: Chinese Foreign Policy

Brief Overview

This paper addresses the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) use of economic coercion against foreign firms to protect their core interests. We explore CCP motivation, the types of economic pressure that it employs and the response of targeted firms.

Authors

• Rory Faulkner, University of Nottingham

• Tyler Kustra, University of Nottingham