Mar 06, 2019
Italy signs on to become part of China's BRI by the end of March.
Lily Hartzell, Freelance Journalist based in Beijing
Mar 01, 2019
While Washington battles over the Green New Deal, China has been on the cutting edge of green finance and is even providing a model for the European Union. Even so, crucial questions remain.
Teresa Kennedy, Master's student at Peking University's Yenching Academy in Beijing
Feb 22, 2019
A Chinese mine in Morococha. Peru brings into focus some of the challenges that come with China’s vision of expanding its global investments.
Kemel Toktomushev, Research Fellow, University of Central Asia
Feb 22, 2019
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has come under fire for its white elephant projects – ‘never-to-be-recovered’ infrastructure projects that provide little value to recipient states. Rather, infrastructure investments have to be focused on quality and impact rather than mere quantity and volume – otherwise, the impacts of such investments will be marginal.
Giulio Pugliese, King’s College London, War Studies
Feb 18, 2019
Through the use of rhetorical narratives, the American “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” is intended to be an alternative to China’s Belt & Road Initiative, emboldening counterproductive geopolitical competition in the region.
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.
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.
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, President of Philippine Association for Chinese Studies, and Research Fellow at Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation
Dec 10, 2018
Southeast Asia is finding new ways to turn the US-China trade war into an opportunity.
Shi Yinhong, Professor, Renmin University
Dec 05, 2018
There are several things China should do.
Yang Wenjing, Research Professor, Institute of American Studies, CICIR
Nov 28, 2018
The postponement of the Diplomatic and Security Dialogue reflects important unresolved differences between China and America.