China’s Digital Inroads In The Global South
August 20th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on China’s deepening its hold on the digital information ecosystems of developing countries: Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman announced while on a tour of the Pacific Island states that U.S. President Joe Biden “is looking forward to welcoming” Pacific Leaders in September 2022. Although the exact date of […]
Read more »Why A Chinese Ship’s Arrival In Sri Lanka Caused Alarm In India and The West
August 20th, 2022
Via NPR, an article on why a Chinese ship’s arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West: It all began 20 years ago, when China loaned Sri Lanka more than $1 billion to build a fancy new port — what would become its second-largest — on its southern coast. The Hambantota […]
Read more »Afghanistan Shows The Limits of China’s Belt and Road
August 20th, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s challenges in engaging Afghanistan: A decade ago, Peking University international studies professor Wang Jisi set the conceptual foundation for what would become the Belt and Road Initiative with an essay called “Marching Westwards.” In it, Wang decried the excessive focus of Chinese foreign policy on Washington and the Asia-Pacific […]
Read more »Uzbekistan and China Push Bilateral Relations To New Level
August 19th, 2022
Via Times of Central Asia, a report on growing relations between Uzbekistan and China: China and Uzbekistan on August 18 pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various fields and boost bilateral relations, Xinhua news agency reported. The two sides held the sixth meeting of the China-Uzbekistan intergovernmental cooperation committee via video link. The meeting was […]
Read more »China Funds Solomon Islands’ Telecoms Deal After Signing Security Deal
August 19th, 2022
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on China’s investment into the Solomon Islands’ telecoms sector: China’s Huawei has signed a deal to build 161 telecoms towers across the Solomon Islands in a sign of strengthening ties between the Pacific nation and Beijing just months after they agreed a controversial security deal. China signed a security […]
Read more »Road To Nowhere? China’s Belt and Road Initiative At Tipping Point
August 16th, 2022
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on China BRI, and whether the Pakistan, Sri Lanka debt crises threaten Beijing’s regional influence: The drive to Pakistan’s port of Gwadar takes seven and a half hours from Karachi via the Makran coastal highway. Much of the 600-km route is deserted, with no restaurants, restrooms or even fuel stations. […]
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