Cambodia’s Turn to Raise Eyebrows Over Infrastructure Projects
January 31st, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on Cambodia’s effort to raise up to $30B in financing for infrastructure – most of it from China: Cambodia has rapidly transformed its economy since the end of its civil war almost 25 years ago, but a slew of recently announced mega-infrastructure projects to be built mainly with Chinese money […]
Read more »EU Lines Up 70 Projects To Rival China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Spending
January 29th, 2023
Via Politico, a report on – in its effort to take on China’s BRI – recent EU decisions to prioritize 70 international infrastructure projects: The European Union’s riposte to China’s web of trade and infrastructure projects spanning the globe is finally getting real. Europe’s flagship Global Gateway projects seek to offer developing countries an alternative to […]
Read more »China: BRI Financing to Remain Low, Leaving Global South in the Lurch
January 27th, 2023
Via RANE Worldview, analysis of China’s BRI financing in 2023: What Happened: According to a study conducted by the Global Development Policy Center at Boston Univerity, China has significantly reduced the scale of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) financing in recent years as part of a strategic shift that has seen Beijing focus on more […]
Read more »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 […]
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