Background

Since the global financial crisis, both China and Japan have been intensifying their expansion of overseas investment, with a prominent focus on infrastructure. While China competes on easy capital, cheap price, swift implementation and developing country experience, Japan brands itself with high quality, reliability and sustainability.

These differences and competitions play out not only in Asia but also in other parts of the world, including Europe, the US, Africa and the Middle East, changing the economic and geopolitical landscapes across continents.

This seminar therefore provides an overview of China’s and Japan’s overseas infrastructure investment and strategies respectively, followed by a specific case of the Arctic, with insights from experts based in China, Japan and Denmark.

Speakers

Jianping Zhang, Professor and Head of Department of International Cooperation, Institute for International Economic Research, National Development and Reform Commission of China

Hironori Sasada, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University

Aki Tonami, Associate Professor, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen

Yang Jiang, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme

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http://www.diis.dk/node/6724

Hironori Sasada: Japan’s grand strategy for infrastructure investment

Aki Tonami: Chinese and Japanese infrastructure investment in the Arctic