Conditioning a stable sustainability fix of ‘ungreen’ infrastructure in Indonesia: transnational alliances, compromise, and state’s strategic selectivity

Wijaya, Trissia

doi:10.1080/09512748.2021.1884123

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“…As Table 2 shows, since 2015 China has signed an array of largescale power deals with South and Southeast Asian countries based mainly on the national energy development plans of these countries. These deals include multibillion-dollar coal-fired power plants in Indonesia and Vietnam that are part of their governments' strategies to boost manufacturing industries (Clark, Zucker, and Urpelainen 2020;Wijaya 2021). They also include megadam projects in Laos, whose government has aspired to make the country "the battery of Southeast Asia" through hydroelectricity exports, and in Myanmar and Cambodia, whose governments have made increased electricity accessibility a policy priority.…”

Section: China's Energy Development In Southeast Asia: a Brown Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

Talking Green, Building Brown: China-ASEAN Environmental and Energy Cooperation in the BRI Era

Liao¹

2022

Asian Perspective

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This article examines the evolution of China-ASEAN environmental and energy cooperation since the 2010s with a focus on changes following the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It shows that over the past decade China and ASEAN have actively expanded cooperative frameworks and mechanisms in the domain of environmental protection as part of their comprehensive approach to sustainable development, particularly regarding energy projects. Nonetheless, the implementation record in their energy cooperation, that is, the lion's share of BRI projects in Southeast Asia, remains unsustainable and contradicts with their shared "green" policy discourse. The article examines factors from both sides of China and ASEAN that contribute to this disconnect and explains why China's own accomplishments in renewable energy development fail to spill over to Southeast Asia. These findings have implications for China's impact on global governance and its leadership role in the Global South.

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Section: China's Energy Development In Southeast Asia: a Brown Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%