Articles by Mathew Wong

April 29, 2024

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: re-evaluating the economic impact

Mathew Wong

James F. Downes and Mathew Wong re-evaluate the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative by examining important macroeconomic linkages between China and other economies. Combining statistical analyses of 163 countries, alongside EU case studies , they find that the economic impact of the BRI is limited, and determined largely by pre-BRI economic factors

June 5, 2023

EU-China relations: a growing global rivalry

Mathew Wong

James F. Downes, Mathew Wong and Man Hoo So argue that the European Union-China relationship has evolved considerably over recent years into a growing global rivalry in 2023. The EU has become more interventionist towards China, but there exist large divisions within the core EU institutions and member states towards relations with China

October 26, 2021

Democratic regimes influence income inequality – but not necessarily how we expect

Mathew Wong

Mathew Wong revisits the relationship between democracy and income inequality by focusing on popular preferences. He argues that whether people view redistribution to be a central democratic characteristic is not inevitable but conditional. And that, paradoxically, democracy is associated with less inequality only if fewer people hold this idea

Mathew Wong

Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Mathew’s research focuses primarily on the comparative politics of income inequality, democracy and democratisation, and the politics of East Asia.

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