TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese Outbound Tourism as an Instrument of Economic Statecraft
AU - Lim, Darren
AU - Ferguson, Victor
AU - Bishop, Rosa
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - China's growing economic strength provides Beijing with potent instruments of economic statecraft to pursue political and strategic objectives. Yet studies of economic power and Chinese economic statecraft tend to concentrate on trade in goods, outbound investment, and international institutions. This article broadens this research program into trade in services by focusing on China�s outbound tourism sector. Drawing on a variety of Chinese and English language sources, the authors describe the history and structure of the domestic regulatory framework governing Chinese outbound tourism, before studying instances where the government has apparently intervened for strategic purposes. By unpacking how Chinese consumers arrange overseas holidays, this article provides insights into how the market structure of this service industry creates both opportunities for and constraints on China's economic power.
AB - China's growing economic strength provides Beijing with potent instruments of economic statecraft to pursue political and strategic objectives. Yet studies of economic power and Chinese economic statecraft tend to concentrate on trade in goods, outbound investment, and international institutions. This article broadens this research program into trade in services by focusing on China�s outbound tourism sector. Drawing on a variety of Chinese and English language sources, the authors describe the history and structure of the domestic regulatory framework governing Chinese outbound tourism, before studying instances where the government has apparently intervened for strategic purposes. By unpacking how Chinese consumers arrange overseas holidays, this article provides insights into how the market structure of this service industry creates both opportunities for and constraints on China's economic power.
U2 - 10.1080/10670564.2020.1744390
DO - 10.1080/10670564.2020.1744390
M3 - Article
SN - 1067-0564
VL - 29
SP - 916
EP - 933
JO - Journal of Contemporary China
JF - Journal of Contemporary China
IS - 126
ER -