China’s ‘Corrosive Capital’ Creates Risks for Rule of Law, Democracy

China’s ‘Corrosive Capital’ Creates Risks for Rule of Law, Democracy
A worker polishes steel products at a stainless steel factory in Qingtian County of Zhejiang Province, China on May 6, 2008. China Photos/Getty Images
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China’s secretive state-backed investments are exploiting weak governments, threatening fragile democracies, and undermining the rule of law in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian nations.