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China in Malaysia

State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows

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Authors:
  1. Edmund Terence Gomez

    1. Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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  2. Siew Yean Tham

    1. Regional Economic Studies, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, Singapore

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  3. Ran Li

    1. Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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  4. Kee Cheok Cheong

    1. Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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  • Demonstrates how the economic relations between China and Malaysia have fostered the rise of important novel and innovative forms of state-business relations (SBRs)

  • Examines the role of Chinese and Malaysian states and the impact on the business links between different types of enterprises in Malaysia and China, including state-owned and private enterprises

  • Includes a topography of 92 Chinese SOEs and private firms operating in Malaysia that have created different sorts of SBRs that can be classified as ‘state-state’, ‘state-state-private’, ‘state-private’ and ‘state-private-private’

  • Includes in-depth case studies detailing their emergence, evolution and their outcomes, including especially their impact on the economic development of Malaysia

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: State-State Relations and New State-Business Relations—China in Malaysia

    • Edmund Terence Gomez, Siew Yean Tham, Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong
    Pages 1-14

  3. State-Business Relations—Multinational SOEs, GLCs, and SMEs

    • Edmund Terence Gomez, Siew Yean Tham, Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong
    Pages 15-24

  4. Chinese Investment Case Studies from Malaysia

    • Edmund Terence Gomez, Siew Yean Tham, Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong
    Pages 25-74

  5. Analysing Chinese Investments in Malaysia

    • Edmund Terence Gomez, Siew Yean Tham, Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong
    Pages 75-96

  6. Conclusion

    • Edmund Terence Gomez, Siew Yean Tham, Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong
    Pages 97-103

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 105-116
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About this book

This book examines state-state relations and new forms of state business relations that have emerged with an increase in China’s foreign direct investments in Malaysia. Focusing on investments in the industrial sector and through in-depth case studies, this book adopts a novel framework to analyse these different types of state-business relations. These new forms of state-business relations are created from the different modes of negotiations between different key actors in each of the cases. Diverse outcomes were found, reflecting the disparate forms of power relationships and state cohesiveness with unique institutional architectures formed in each case. The book identifies a major shift in structural power in these new forms of state-business relations as China’s large multinational state-owned enterprises increasingly invest in Malaysia. A well-constructed institutional architecture is needed, not just in Malaysia but for other Southeast Asian countries, if foreign investments are to be harnessed to promote effective industrial development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Edmund Terence Gomez

  • Regional Economic Studies, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, Singapore

    Siew Yean Tham

  • Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ran Li

  • Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Kee Cheok Cheong

About the authors

Edmund Terence Gomez is Professor of Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. 


Siew Yean Tham is Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak, Singapore and Professor Emeritus, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. 


Ran Li is Senior Lecturer at Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya. 


Kee Cheok Cheong is Senior Advisor at Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: China in Malaysia

  • Book Subtitle: State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows

  • Authors: Edmund Terence Gomez, Siew Yean Tham, Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5333-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5332-5Published: 26 July 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5335-6Published: 27 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5333-2Published: 25 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 116

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Relations, Development Economics, Development Studies

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