Guanie Lim

Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

Guanie Lim is an assistant professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. His main research interests are comparative political economy, value chain analysis and the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia. He is also interested in broader development issues within Asia, especially those concerning China, Vietnam and Malaysia.

The only road leading to Semoi village, in the regency of Penajam Paser Utara, in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. (SPH Media)
Economy

Can Chinese capital and technologies jumpstart economic development in Borneo?

By Goh Chun Sheng , By Guanie Lim 04 Aug 2022
Malaysian academics Goh Chun Sheng and Guanie Lim observe China’s strong presence in the upstream and downstream sectors of developing Nusantara, the envisaged new capital of Indonesia in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, allowing for potential cooperation between China, Indonesia and Malaysia. Could this be the start of greater China-led cross-border collaborations in the region?
This photo taken on 22 September 2021 shows fishermen on their boat as smoke rises from chimneys at the Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon. (Ronald Siagian/AFP)
Economy

In Indonesia, Chinese financing for coal-fired power plants grows faster than that for renewables

By Guanie Lim , By Goh Chun Sheng 04 Jul 2022
On the one hand, China’s potential in helping Indonesia make the clean energy transition has been spoken about, but on the other, China continues to be a big player in perpetuating non-renewable energy use such as in coal-fired power plants. Looking ahead, can they be a larger contributor in Indonesia’s efforts to derive 23% of Indonesia’s primary energy needs from renewable sources by 2025? Malaysian academics Guanie Lim and Goh Chun Seng tell us more.