Chinese land grabbing

Chinese land grabbing refers to forceful acquisitions of land by China which are considered by some critics as a security issue or a global economic phenomenon. Chinese land grabbing is mostly non-validated or overly exaggerated in terms of the modern concept of land grabbing. It is sometimes seen in conjunction or as an extension of debt-trap diplomacy. The acquisition of land by China has also been called "Chinese globalization" instead of alleged "nefarious" design.[1] The stress on its own farmlands is one reason which has forced China to go global, with land grabbing also happening within China by foreign entities.[2]

Examples

China has acquired thousands of hectares of land in Argentina for agriculture to ship back to its own country.[3]

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed had said that in a few years without firing a single bullet China has grabbed more land than the British Empires' East India Company.[4][5] Saying that this land grabbing affected the stability in the Indian Ocean region, he said that 16-17 small islands had been affected. He was challenged by the Maldivian administration to name a single island which had been grabbed following which the former president did not name any of the islands.[6] China has various projects in the Maldives.[7] In January 2018, 80 per cent of the Maldives' foreign debt was owed to China.[8] Pentagon had also expressed concern over China's actions in the Maldives.[9]

See also

References
  1. Ho, Peter; Hofman, Irna (2011). "Rethinking China's 'land grabs': Chinese land investments in Central Asia | IIAS". www.iias.asia. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. Xu, Yunan (2018-11-02). "Political economy of land grabbing inside China involving foreign investors". Third World Quarterly. 39 (11): 2069–2084. doi:10.1080/01436597.2018.1447372. ISSN 0143-6597.
  3. Branford, Sue. "Argentina: land-grabbing by China". GRAIN/ Latin America Bureau. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  4. "China has grabbed more land than East India company: Maldives former President". The Economic Times. ANI. 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. "China grabbed more land than East India Company". The Times of India. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. "Maldives ex-leader claims Chinese land grabbing; government denies". Reuters. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. "Now, foreign investors can own land in Maldives- Business News". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. Kuronuma, Yuji (13 February 2018). "Maldives faces Chinese 'land grab' over unpayable debts, ex-leader warns". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. "Issue of 'Chinese land grabbing' in Maldives cause of concern: Pentagon". Hindustan Times. 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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