Chinese land grabbing


Chinese land grabbing refers to forceful acquisitions of land by China which are considered by some critics as a security issue or a global economic phenomenon. Chinese land grabbing is mostly non-validated or overly exaggerated in terms of the modern concept of land grabbing. It is sometimes seen in conjunction or as an extension of debt-trap diplomacy. The acquisition of land by China has also been called "Chinese globalization" instead of alleged "nefarious" design. The stress on its own farmlands is one reason which has forced China to go global, with land grabbing also happening within China by foreign entities.

Examples

China has acquired thousands of hectares of land in Argentina for agriculture to ship back to its own country.
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed had said that in a few years without firing a single bullet China has grabbed more land than the British Empires' East India Company. Saying that this land grabbing affected the stability in the Indian Ocean region, he said that 16-17 small islands had been affected. He was challenged by the Maldivian administration to name a single island which had been grabbed following which the former president did not name any of the islands. China has various projects in the Maldives. In January 2018, 80 per cent of the Maldives' foreign debt was owed to China. Pentagon had also expressed concern over China's actions in the Maldives.