Community Resistance,Foreign Intervention,and Security Risks of Chinese Resource Investments in Latin American Countries
The influence of transnational elements on national security in the context of an open economy is rapidly gaining importance.Identifying overseas security threats and ensuring the protection of security interests abroad has become a critical issue of our time.Resource-rich Latin American countries are magnets for Chinese investment.However,their complex political and social environments also pose significant risks to investment security.This study attempts to engage with existing researches on overseas investment security in order to identify the sources of security risks associated with China's resource investments in Latin America.Using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and case studies of Chinese firms'resource investments in countries such as Ecuador,Peru,Venezuela and Guyana,the study examines the impact of government effectiveness,corruption level and public engagement on investment security.The study argues that community resistance triggered by concerns over environmental protection,labour rights and resettlement issues,plus third-party interference from external powers and neighbouring states,constitute a set of investment risks for China's resource investment in Latin America that can no longer be overlooked.Compared to existing researches that consider overseas security risks from national perspectives,such as expropriation,state fragility and populism,this research further emphasises the importance of community resistance and foreign intervention in analysing the security risks of China's resource investment in Latin America from local and supranational perspectives.
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