Patronage and Clientelism of Chinese Investment in Cambodia (original) (raw)

Chinese investors and companies areexploiting the host country’s socio-political culture of patronage networks,partly entrenched by previous generationsof Chinese migrants to Cambodia, in orderto influence regulations and secureinvestment operations. The patron-client relationship is a culturalform of intermediary that ensures long-term business success in the host country’suncertain regulatory enforcement. The Sino-diaspora is the key para-legalintermediary for a new generation ofChinese investment and way of doingbusiness in the era of the Belt and RoadInitiative.