Leonardo Dinic, Advisor to the CroAsia Institute
Jan 18, 2019
Free of value-based conditions or demands for political reform, Chinese investment in the Balkans is simultaneously opening European markets and securing like-minded political allies.
Liu Junhong, Researcher, Chinese Institute of Contemporary Int'l Relations
Jan 16, 2019
Japan will need some big friends to balance against the US.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Jan 15, 2019
If the US really cared about Africa, it wouldn’t make Africans choose between it and China.
Hannah Feldshuh, Analyst
Jan 10, 2019
Multilateral institutions, like the World Trade Organization, have become proxies for differing visions of the global order and international relations.
Sourabh Gupta, Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies
Jan 10, 2019
So long as China continues to seek “truth from facts” and more importantly makes “practice the sole criterion of the truth," it will prosper.
Zainab Zaheer, Development Consultant
Jan 10, 2019
Many Pakistanis are concerned about how much of the country’s current widening account deficit is a consequence of China’s landmark Belt & Road Initiative.
Ben Reynolds, Writer and Foreign Policy Analyst in New York
Jan 10, 2019
Apple announced last Wednesday that it failed to meet sales expectations in China. This, along with other warning signs, suggests that the Chinese economy is slowing down. And as China acted as one of the main engines of the global post-2008 recovery, this spells trouble for the global economy.
Sara Hsu, Visiting Scholar at Fudan University
Jan 09, 2019
China’s new e-commerce law strives to protect consumers and intellectual property but comes at a price for the daigou business - personal shoppers who purchase quality and luxury goods overseas and re-sell them to customers in China - which is estimated to be worth up to $100 billion in sales.
Giulio Pugliese, King’s College London, War Studies
Jan 09, 2019
The Trump administration is systematically targeting the Chinese economy, well beyond Trump’s fixation on trade imbalances. China has responded by launching an expansive fiscal policy, by loosening its monetary policy and doubling-down on home-bred industrialization in key sectors. While the two governments have recently agreed to a ceasefire, prospects are not good and additional measures should ameliorate bilateral tensions while negotiations continue.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Jan 09, 2019
Recently, the White House released its new U.S. Africa strategy, which seeks militarization and portrays China as a threat. This is misguided. Africa can greatly benefit from Chinese and U.S. economic development.