Abstract
By November 2013, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had become the largest foreign investor in Lao PDR with a total investment of US$5.085 billion, and trade between the two countries amounted to US$2.03 billion.1 Projects initiated by PRC enterprises include dams and hydropower plans, highway and transportation-related construction, rubber plantations, mining, building of special economic zones (SEZ), urban zoning, plus numerous small and medium enterprise (SME) establishments. Some of these projects are quickly changing Laotian rural landscape on a large scale, while others line the streets in Laotian cities and towns with Chinese shops and signboards. Along with the change of landscape that is caused by an assortment of economic development projects, Lao PDR is also undergoing a gradual change of ethnic composition and ethnic visibility. This chapter is just an initial attempt to address this issue.
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Chiang, B., Cheng, J.Cy. (2015). Changing Landscape and Changing Ethnoscape in Lao PDR: On PRC’s Participation in the Greater Mekong Subregion Development Project. In: Santasombat, Y. (eds) Impact of China’s Rise on the Mekong Region. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137476227_4
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