Consider This: China Investment (Part 2) - Is Malaysia Too Dependent?

There is a long-standing apprehension surrounding Beijing-linked projects and 'debt trap diplomacy' where countries may find themselves unable to repay foreign loans and be obliged to make other concessions, including asset forfeitures. But is this analysis adequate to the really-existing dynamics between our two economies. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Terence Gomez, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Universiti Malaya and Cheong Kee Cheok, Senior Fellow, Institute of China Studies two of the four co-authors of 'China in Malaysia: State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows'.