英文摘要 |
With the strengthening of its economic muscle, China has often adopted economic statecraft, rather than military forces, to alter other countries' behavior. The “One Belt, One Road”(OBOR)strategy that was initiated in 2013 is a good example. This article, building upon a neoclassical realist framework and using the cases of petroleum and railway firms, explores the variations in firms' behavior when they carry out the agendas of OBOR. The article also argues that while China's expanding economic statecraft is a function of its rise to great power status in international politics, the firms involved also impact how the agendas are performed, despite them not being the primary player of the OBOR agendas. For example, when a firm links to the global market at a higher degree, it behaves more like a commercial actor rather than as policy agent. |