The China-Singapore Chongqing Connectivity Project: A Cornerstone for Bilateral Relations

As part of a country’sChongqing Connectivity Project overall diplomatic strategy, (Hocking, Localizing Foreign Policy: Non-Central Governments and Multilayered Diplomacy, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 1993) argues that its central government can effectively use local external cooperation to break down sensitive and difficult political issues to the local level, thereby helping to reduce external pressures on the central government and helping state institutions to reduce the burden of complex policy implementations.