This dataset was compiled in collaboration between NBR and AidData to identify thirteen indicators across 28 countries sharing maritime or land borders (or in close proximity to) the People’s Republic of China.
AidData and The National Bureau of Asian Research. (2025). Mapping China’s Borderlands Dataset, Version 1.0. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.
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The Mapping China’s Strategic Space: Borderlands project examines the practice of Chinese statecraft in the fourteen countries with which it shares a land border (Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam) and in six countries with which it shares or claims a maritime border (Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and South Korea).
Following Beijing’s own priorities as defined by the Global Initiatives on Development, Security, and Civilization (GDI, GSI, and GCI), the project’s analysis was conducted across the economic, security, and political domains. This dataset underlies a dashboard that was compiled in collaboration between the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and AidData to identify thirteen indicators across 28 countries sharing maritime or land borders (or close proximity to) the People’s Republic China.