I evaluate the substitution effects of pirated movies - the unlicensed online movies available on file-sharing websites - on their genuine counterparts, and explore the institutional and economic causes of China's high level of movie piracy. To do this, I build a dataset including information on...

"The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been one of the world's most dynamic and fastest-growing regions over the years. Its average combined GDP growth rate is more than 6% and the total combined GDP was valued at US3.0 trillion in 2018. ASEAN countries have managed to...

Cambodia and the belt and road initiative: opportunities and challenges -- The belt and road initiative and China-ASEAN relations: an Indonesian perspective -- Lao perspective on the belt and road initiative: opportunities and challenges -- The five areas of connectivity between Malaysia and...

"Since 2019, Network of ASEAN-China Think-tanks (NACT) has been publishing joint researches of all its Working Groups. This book is a collection of research papers contributed by ASEAN and China scholars. This book is published at a time of growing debate in the region over connectivity. The...