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The emergence of major economies like China, India, Russia, and Brazil will alter the shape of the world system for many years. The growing consumption of these countries has important implications for the production and use of natural resources, many of which are imported, as well as the associated social and environmental externalities. Using a heuristic framework, we assess the variegated impacts of China’s increased engagement with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around extraction of different and distinct types of natural resources. We conclude that the outcomes have less to do with the inherent characteristics of Chinese firms and finance packages and more to do with the host state’s resource regime.

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  1. Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Giles Mohan

  2. SOAS University of London, London, UK

    Frauke Urban

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  1. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Timothy M. Shaw

  2. Bavarian School of Public Policy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Laura C. Mahrenbach

  3. Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

    Renu Modi

  4. School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

    Xu Yi-chong

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Mohan, G., Urban, F. (2019). China and Global Resources. In: Shaw, T.M., Mahrenbach, L.C., Modi, R., Yi-chong, X. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy. Palgrave Handbooks in IPE. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45443-0_16

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