Latin America Is Now China’s ‘Backyard’
January 24th, 2023
Via Newsweek, commentary on China’s growing engagement with Latin America: The People’s Republic of China is moving into Latin America in force. Excluding Mexico, China is the region’s largest trade partner. In 1981, Cuba was the only Latin American country trading more with China than the U.S. China’s two-way trade with the region was $12 […]
Read more »China in Ethiopia: A New Flow of Investments?
January 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at China’s investment activity in Ethiopia: In an effort to embrace the post-Covid era, China is progressively opening up to the rest of the globe. Economic recovery is crucial, and while the US and Europe are showing a lot of rekindled interest, China wants to stake out the […]
Read more »China Still Reluctant To Use Its Power and Influence In Eurasia
January 20th, 2023
Via the South China Morning Post, commentary on how China is still reluctant to use its power and influence in Eurasia, despite crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan This year marks the first decade of the Belt and Road Initiative. While the vision might have evolved from the speeches President Xi Jinping gave in Astana and Jakarta in […]
Read more »Why China and Egypt Are Growing Closer
January 18th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, an article on how – as the Egyptian economy falters – Sisi is turning to the Chinese government for support: On Sunday, China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, ended his five-nation African tour in Egypt, where he held separate meetings with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit. […]
Read more »China’s First Population Drop In Six Decades Sounds Alarm On Demographic Crisis
January 17th, 2023
As reported by Reuters, official figures show China’s population shrank by 850,000 people in 2022 — the first such decline since 1961. The tipping point comes a decade earlier than the government and the United Nations predicted. Yi Fuxian, an expert on Chinese population, said the “real demographic crisis is beyond imagination and that all […]
Read more »Will There Be More China-Arab Cooperation Under BRI?
January 17th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the future prospects of China-Arab cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative: If we are going to analyses the main questions, related to: will China and Arab states seek new future cooperation? What role does the Belt and Road Initiative play in the cooperation between the […]
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