Dataset for thesis submission "Global China goes green: Environmental politics of the Belt and Road Initiative"

The dataset is for the thesis "Global China goes green: Environmental politics of the Belt and Road Initiative".
A “Global China” is emerging, as the country’s overseas engagement expands, notably infrastructure development under the aegis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Concerns and criticisms about the BRI’s environmental challenges pushed the Chinese government to formalize the “Green Belt and Road” (Green BRI). This research explores the motivations and mobilizations of diverse BRI participants in pursuing environmental governance to address how the Green BRI is implemented, negotiated, and instantiated. Situating in existing academic debates on rising powers, Global China, and environmental governance, the research relies on the analysis of archives and interviews and observations collected from fieldwork and online channels. The dataset has 5 components related to the Green BRI, including online interview transcripts, fieldwork materials, discussion observations, NGO Reports, and governmental policies. All the materials are compiled for content and discourse analysis.

本数据集旨在支持题为《全球中国绿色转型：一带一路倡议的环境政治》的论文研究。随着我国海外参与度的提升，特别是“一带一路”倡议（BRI）下的基础设施建设，一个“全球中国”正在崛起。对于“一带一路”倡议所面临的环境挑战的担忧与批评促使中国政府正式提出“绿色一带一路”（Green BRI）。本研究旨在探讨不同“一带一路”参与方在追求环境治理方面的动机和动员方式，以分析绿色一带一路的实施、协商和具体化过程。本研究立足于关于新兴力量、全球中国和环境治理的现有学术争论，依托对档案、访谈以及实地考察和在线渠道收集的观察资料进行分析。数据集包含与绿色一带一路相关的五个部分，包括在线访谈记录、实地考察材料、讨论观察记录、非政府组织报告和政府政策文件。所有材料均经过内容分析和话语分析整理。