The Technology Private Sector as a Site of US-China Great Power Competition

对于DPhil的论文，我热衷于探索西方发达国家是如何做出决定的，让来自潜在敌对国家的公司，特别是中国，参与他们的关键国家基础设施(CNI)。这项研究将建立在我的MPHIL论文的基础上，该论文试图通过比较英国(UK)与中国在CNI两个部门--电信和核电--的投资政策，为这一主题做出贡献。通过分析一个州内不同行业对中国企业的待遇差异，本文旨在找出哪些因素有助于解释授权或禁止外资参与的政策结果。被确定为具有因果意义的特定自变量是来自英国主要政治盟友美国(US)的压力；DPhil的研究将利用这些发现，并测试自变量对欧洲其他案例的影响。

For the DPhil thesis, I am keen to explore how Western developed states, with a focus on Europe, make decisions about letting companies originating from potentially hostile states, specifically China, partake in their critical national infrastructures (CNI). The research would build upon my MPhil thesis, which sought to contribute to this topic by comparing the policies of the United Kingdom (UK) vis-à-vis Chinese investment in two of its CNI sectors, telecommunications, and nuclear power. By analyzing the discrepancies in the treatment of Chinese companies in these different sectors within one state, the thesis aimed to find which factors help to explain policy outcomes regarding the authorization or banning of foreign involvement. The specific independent variable identified as having causal significance was pressure from the UK's main political ally, the United States (US); the DPhil research would employ the findings and test the effect of the independent variable on other cases in Europe.