Chinese Investment, Infrastructure Development and Labor Rights in Cambodia featuring Dr. Sopheak Chann

Wed, November 16, 2022 4:00 PM at Club Spartan (3rd Floor, Case Hall)

Over the last decade, China has become the main international financial supporter of Cambodia, one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia. To accommodate such growth, infrastructure expansions in which Chinese enterprises have played different roles, including investors, developers, and constructors. Dr. Sopheak Chann's research looks into the working conditions in mega infrastructure construction projects, focusing primarily on PPNIA and PPSHVE. In this lecture, Dr. Chann will detail how the construction industry dynamics in Cambodia have shaped working conditions in Chinese-led construction projects.

This event is co-sponsored by teh Asia Studies Center through the Joseph and Lucy Lee Endowment for Visiting Scholars in Chinese Studies. The Joseph and Lucy Lee Endowment Fund was established to enrich the academic expeirences of students and faculty at MSU as well as exchange scholars from China and prominent scholars in the field of Chinese Studies.