Singapore’s forward engagement with China’s belt and road initiative: coping with asymmetry, consolidating authority

• Main Author: Chan, Irene
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic development; Belt and Road Initiative; Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161910
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Surrounded by countries that have embarked on infrastructure projects related to China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI), Singapore stands out as an anomaly—the tiny island state does not host any major BRI-related infrastructure projects. Singapore’s BRI involvement is one of “forward” engagement: p...