Publication:

Engaging Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Techno-Nationalism in the Middle East

Thumbnail Image

Open/View Files

978-3-031-08526-0_18-2.pdf (532.46 KB)

Date

2022-10

Authors

Published Version

10.1007/978-3-031-08526-0_18

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Springer International Publishing
The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you.

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Journal Issue

Citation

Wu, Z., Yarrow, R. (2022). Engaging Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Techno-Nationalism in the Middle East. In: Rajaoson, J., Edimo, R.M.M. (eds) New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Abstract

The enormous growth of China’s investments in Israel has become one of the major changes in the Middle East’s geopolitics during the last decade. This paper examines the nationalist motivation behind China’s investment in Israeli technologies and Israel’s strategic role in China’s intended transition from the “world factory” to a global innovation champion. China’s engagement with Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative reflects Chinese techno-nationalism, and the Chinese government has used nationalist discourse to mobilize private enterprises to invest in Israeli technology, promoting the growth of Chinese private investments alongside Chinese state-affiliated investments in Israel since 2014. This chapter also analyses how the surge in Chinese investment activities has shaped larger debates and tensions in Israel’s policymaking and national identity.

Description

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-08526-0_18

Other Available Sources

Research Data

Keywords

Terms of Use

Metadata Only

URI

https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37374488

Collections

HKS Students and Research Affiliates

Endorsement

Review

Supplemented By

Related Stories