Beijing Doubles Down On The Belt And Road Initiative And On Africa
September 26th, 2024
Via Forbes, an article on China’s BRI focus on Africa: Despite China’s clear economic troubles and already huge debt overhang, Beijing has decided to step up its Belt and Road initiative (BRI) in Africa. For a while, it looked as though both Beijing and its BRI clients were stepping away from the arrangements. But earlier […]
Read more »Will Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal Be A Success?
September 20th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of Cambodia’s Funan Techo canal: Mot Yen’s ramshackle kitchen is nestled under an old mango tree. It’s near the end of the season and there’s no fruit on the branches. Part of the kitchen wall has fallen off but the family doesn’t plan to fix it. “We’re moving anyway,” the 56-year-old […]
Read more »China Spent Millions On A New Trade Route – Then A War Got In The Way
September 20th, 2024
Via BBC, a report on the uncertain fate of China’s ambitious plan to connect its landlocked southwest to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar: “One village, two countries” used to be the tagline for Yinjing on China’s south-western edge. An old tourist sign boasts of a border with Myanmar made of just “bamboo fences, ditches and […]
Read more »Pakistan and China Pursue Corridor Dream Despite Financial, Security Risks
September 14th, 2024
Via Dialogue Earth, an article on how – despire recent attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province and shifting project dynamics, both countries remain committed to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: More than 50 people were killed in late August during multiple attacks in Pakistan’s impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan. Despite extensive infrastructure investments made in the region, mostly through […]
Read more »The Coming Clash Between China and the Global South
September 11th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the growing tension arising from the West’s decision to protects its markets, which will force China to dump its exports elsewhere—and emerging nations are alarmed: Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to open his country’s vast economy to the world’s emerging nations, pledging on Sept. 5 to introduce a […]
Read more »China’s African Bet and Vice Versa: A Positive-Sum Game?
September 9th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, commentary on how – despite criticism and skepticism – China seems to be Africa’s last hope, if not its best bet: The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit was held in Beijing from September 4 to 6. During the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping told delegates from more than 50 African states that Beijing was ready […]
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