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100	1		_aLAWRENCE Ithrana
245			_aBrunei's response to China's Belt and Road Initiative: _bembracing asymmetry, enchancing authority/ _cIthrana Lawrence
260			_c2021
520			_aThis article examines Brunei's response to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Brunei has welcomed investments from China since well before the launch of the BRI in 2013 and has become even more receptive as the investments have grown. Brunei's low-profile but enthusiastic receptivity to the BRI is motivated primarily by its ruling elite's legitimation-driven pragmatism to maintain its authority by diversifying Brunei's energy-based economy. The convergence between the sultan's Brunei Vision 2035 (Wawasan Brunei 2035) and Xi Jin-ping's BRI has increased the political importance of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brunei.
650			_aBRUNEI
650			_aASEAN
650			_aBELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE _xBRI
650			_aCHINA
773			_aAsian Perspective: _gVol.45, No. 2, Spring 2021, pp.397-420 (11)
598			_aBRUNEI
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