Wang Zheng is an Associate Fellow with the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
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Articles by Wang Zheng (5)
China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR) in Southeast Asia: Progress and Challenges
Wang Zheng
China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative has made significant strides in Southeast Asia. All countries in the region have received DSR investments, with Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia taking the lion’s share. However, China faces multiple challenges in pushing the DSR forward, including the growing tensions between the state and private tech companies domestically as well as intensifying US-China technological rivalry and risks of tech bifurcation.
China’s Think-Tank Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: Idea Exchange or Echo Chamber?
Wang Zheng
China’s intensified efforts to engage with regional think-tanks have not produced the results it has hoped for, mainly because Beijing seems to care more about imposing its own views than a true meeting of the minds.
China’s Pragmatic Party Diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Wang Zheng
The Chinese Communist Party’s outreach to political parties in Southeast Asia, regardless of ideology, underscores the pragmatism in President Xi Jinping’s plan for regional influence.
Assessing the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021-2022)
Wang Zheng
Data analysis from an original dataset tracking major China-financed projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Southeast Asia since January 2021 shows that China remains committed to boosting BRI projects’ progress.
‘Doomed to Fail’: Chinese Media Dismisses the U.S.’s ASEAN Diplomacy
Wang Zheng
Chinese state media have negatively portrayed Washington’s recent moves to court ASEAN diplomatically and economically, but the one-sided narrative that Beijing trots out belies the region’s careful reception of both great powers amidst their growing rivalry.