Cooperation with Chinese actors on anti-corruption: Environmental governance as a pilot area

Abstract

Engagement with Chinese actors on anti-corruption is possible but depends on trust-building efforts and suitable windows of opportunity. Environmental governance is the field where the overlap between Chinese and Western interests appears highest and the potential for cooperation most encouraging. We suggest three pathways: trilateral development cooperation, promotion of integrity standards along transnational supply chains, and building on public mobilisation or environmental litigation in host countries of corruption-prone projects.