A China-Japan Comparison of Economic Relationships with the Mekong River Basin Countries
BRC (Bangkok Research Center) Research Report
No.1
CONTENTS
Authors / Contents (69KB)
General Overview and Summary (141KB) / Mitsuhiro Kagami
- Overview
- Trade
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
- Official Development Assistance (ODA)
- Framework of the Report
I PART1 TRADE, FDI and ODA
1. China’s Trade and FDI to MRB Countries: An Advocacy Document (290KB) / Xingmin Yin
Introduction
- Facts on Macroeconomic Performance
- Trade Development between China and MRB Countries
- Composition of Trade between China and MRB Countries
- China’s FDI in MRB Countries
- Concluding Remarks
2. China’s Economic Aid to CLMV and Its Economic Cooperation with Them (189KB) / Zhu Zhenming
Introduction
- China’s Basic Policy of Foreign Aid and Economic Cooperation
- China’s Economic Aid to CLMV
- GMS: China Participates in Multilateral Cooperation
- Yunnan’s Participation in the GMS Cooperation
- Yunnan Faces Challenges in the GMS Cooperation
- Conclusion
Introduction
- Foreign Direct Investments in ASEAN
- ASEAN International Trades
- International Trades of CLMV and Thailand
- International Trades of China and Japan with CLMV
- Trade Intensity
- Supplemental Relationships among China, Japan and Thailand in CLMV
- Conclusion
4. Japan’s ODA to MRB Countries (623KB) / Minoru Makishima and Mitsunori Yokoyama
- Overview
- Japan’s ODA for Cambodia
- Japan’s ODA for Lao PDR
- Japan’s ODA for Myanmar
- Japan’s ODA for Vietnam
- Japan’s ODA for Thailand and Partnership
- ASEAN’s Initiative to Mekong River Basin Countries and Japan
- Conclusions and Policy Implications
II PART2 COUNTRY CASE STUDY
5. Lao PDR and its Development Partners in East Asia (China and Japan) (502KB) / Syviengxay Oraboune
Introduction
- Overview of External Sector of the Lao PDR
- Social and Economic Relations between Lao PDR and China
- Social and Economic Relations between Lao PDR and Japan
- Comparison of the Roles of China and Japan in the Socioeconomic Development of the Lao PDR
- Conclusion and Recommendation
- Recommendations
6. China and Japan’s Economic Relations with Myanmar: Strengthened vs. Estranged (218KB) / Toshihiro Kudo
Introduction
- China/Japan Relations with Myanmar up to 1988
- The New International and Regional Political Landscape
- Factors that Affected China/Japan and Myanmar Relations after 1988
- Conclusion
7. Thailand-China Cooperation in Trade, Investment and Official Development Assistance (554KB) / Sompop Manarungsan
- Historical Development of China’s Foreign Trade
- Development of Trade Relationship between Thailand and China
- Trade Diversifications of Thailand and China
- Recent Developments in Trade between Thailand and China, Classified by Product Items
- Developments in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China
- Trends of Thai Investment in China
- Thai Investors in China
- Major Constraints of Thai Investment in China
- Major Thai Investor in China
- China’s Outward Direct Foreign Investment (ODI)
- China’s Outward Direct Foreign Investment in Thailand
- Sub-Periodization of China’s Direct Investment in Thailand
- Recent Trends of China’s ODI in Thailand, 2005-2008 (Jan-June)
- Examples of China’s Big Investment Projects in Thailand
- China’s Investment Problem in Thailand
- Thai Government Policies in Thai-China’s Trade and Investment Cooperation
- The Meeting of Thailand-China Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation (JC)
- Thailand-China Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation
- Updates on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Thailand and China (2007-2008)
- Thailand and Yunnan Province Economic Cooperation Transportation Development of Yunnan Province and the South-Western China
- Thailand and Yunnan Province Transportation Cooperation
- Thailand and Yunnan Province Economic Cooperation
8. Vietnam-China Trade, FDI and ODA Relations (1998-2008) and the Impacts upon Vietnam (326KB) / Ha Thi Hong Van and Do Tien Sam
Introduction
I. Trade, Investment and ODA Relations
- Trade Relations
- Chinese Investments and ODA in Vietnam
II. Impacts of Vietnam-China Trade, Investment and ODA Upon Vietnam
- Impacts of Trade Relations
- The Impacts of Chinese FDI and ODA
- Conclusion
Conclusion (28KB) / Mitsuhiro Kagami