| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第5-21页 |
| A. A Primer on Chinese OFDI | 第7-10页 |
| B. A Brief Overview of the Drivers of Chinese Outward Investment | 第10-15页 |
| C. My Argument | 第15-16页 |
| D. Methodology | 第16-20页 |
| E. Thesis outline | 第20-21页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第21-45页 |
| A. Exploring the motivations of Chinese OFDI | 第22-35页 |
| I. Business and economic aspirations | 第22-26页 |
| II. Chinese Government politics | 第26-29页 |
| III. Political factors behind China’s OFDI motivations | 第29-35页 |
| 1. China’s Energy Diplomacy | 第29-31页 |
| 2. Political Risk | 第31-35页 |
| B. Limitations of the Current Literature on Chinese OFDI Determinants | 第35-37页 |
| C. Analyses of Chinese Outbound Investments, Political Risk and Political Relations | 第37-39页 |
| D. My hypothesis | 第39-43页 |
| E. Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| 3. The Case of Myanmar | 第45-74页 |
| A. Introduction | 第45-48页 |
| B. China- Myanmar pre-reform political relations | 第48-56页 |
| I. Senior official visits | 第52-53页 |
| II. Cooperation in international organizations | 第53-54页 |
| III. Military and security ties | 第54-55页 |
| IV. Assessment of the relationship | 第55-56页 |
| C. China- Myanmar post-reform political relations | 第56-62页 |
| I. Senior official visits | 第58-59页 |
| II. Cooperation in international organizations | 第59-60页 |
| III. Military and security ties | 第60-61页 |
| V. Assessment of the relationship | 第61-62页 |
| D. Chinese pre-reform OFDI in Myanmar | 第62-66页 |
| I. The Effect of Good Political relations on Chinese OFDI in pre-reform Myanmar | 第64-66页 |
| E. Chinese post-reform OFDI in Myanmar | 第66-72页 |
| I. The effect of worsening political relations on the drop of Chinese OFDI in Myanmar | 第69-72页 |
| F. Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| 4. The Case of Iran | 第74-94页 |
| A. Introduction | 第74-77页 |
| B. Background on Sino-Iranian Political and Economic Relations | 第77-82页 |
| C. Evaluating the State of China-Iran Political Relations | 第82-87页 |
| I. Senior official visits | 第82-83页 |
| II. Cooperation in international organizations | 第83-85页 |
| III. Military and security ties | 第85页 |
| IV. Assessment of the relationship | 第85-87页 |
| D. Chinese OFDI in Iran | 第87-89页 |
| E. Political relations and Chinese OFDI in Iran | 第89-92页 |
| F. Conclusion | 第92-94页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第94-106页 |
| 6. Bibliography | 第106-122页 |
| 附表 | 第122页 |
