Don't worry, the US is not forcing other countries to choose between it and China! They're just not allowed to consider Chinese infrastructure projects if they want to deal with the US.
Great coverage as always by the CGSP
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Episode 2 of our sub-series "Environmental Issues along the BRI" is out!
How has China has reshaped global critical mineral supply chains? We look at China’s investments in critical minerals in SEA and LA and their importance to the energy transition:
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I am in awe of the bravery of the Iranian people, who are standing up for their freedom against a brutal regime and decades of authoritarian, theocratic rule.
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Just stumbled upon this great new podcast by Justin Haruyama: www.sapiens.org/culture/zamb...
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Check out this dream team on Sinica's latest episode!
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This seems surprisingly good. Does anyone know how it happened? www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Check out Ellen Li's great profile of the Saysetta SEZ near Vientiane, Laos! It built on my visit (@profjulietlu.bsky.social) w Tyler Harlan & Nicholas Bosoni. Thanks to @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @globalchinamap.bsky.social for support! @ellenlhl.bsky.social
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Delighted to be part of this #OpenAccess issue on researching #Global #China!
China is one of Switzerland’s main trading partners. Anthropologist @lenakaufmann.bsky.social and historian Niklaus Remund analyse half a century of this commercial partnership in a study that is particularly topical in view of current trade wars.
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This promises to be fascinating - check out the whole special issue!
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
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Is the Global Governance Initiative bringing China closer to multilateral norms and contributing to shared institutions or still keeping one foot in its own institutions?
It's early to reflect in depth on this but the debate is getting more interesting.
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RMB debt swaps are gaining attention across Africa and Asia, but this isn’t a coordinated Chinese campaign. Countries like Ethiopia, Indonesia, Ghana, and Nigeria are exploring the option, yet each negotiation remains strictly case by case.
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Tsinghua’s Tang Xiaoyang argues China–Africa relations are shifting from big-ticket builds to integration: infrastructure-led localization, zero-tariff imports, trade-to-investment pipelines, and broader industrial ecosystems.
Chinese copper and cobalt extraction in the DR Congo, Congo Dongfang International Mining (CDM), has had a collapsed containment dam flood Lubumbashi
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has a new president! The previous present has had a long tenure at AIIB, but in the past, the bank has suffered from high turnover in its leadership ranks.
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A fascinating read from The Diplomat today about Nepal and the BRI!
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As with most agreements, this recent China-CELAC Joint Action Plan includes significant infrastructure investment--the Americas Quarterly particularly emphasizes such investments in Brazil, Chile, and Peru, as well as "friendly ports" in Panama.
A short primer on China's expanding role in LATAM and Caribbean. One of our key takeaways was a "pledge to invite 300 political party officials from CELAC countries to Beijing annually—900 over three years," coinciding with national elections in the next 3 yrs. americasquarterly.org/article/how-...
"China’s purpose was to stabilize the military junta and secure the conditions necessary for large-scale Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure projects to proceed."
When has supporting a military regime to protect overseas investments ever gone astray?
Some intersting analysis of infrastructure within China’s borders.
The full report: interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/pea.... A special shoutout to AidData too--their meticulous work was cited widely throughout this report and used to support Lowy's quantitative analysis.
Regardless, the Belt and Road is a massively ambitious project. How it affects the finances of developing companies is but one aspect, but is certainly one we find fascinating. This paper gives helpful context and nuance to how we might interpret the BRI's role in LMIC.
So in part because of the BRI, this decade is defined for China as one of a drain on the budgets of low-and middle-income countries. Personally, my takeaway was more interest in how Xi and the Party handle this shift rhetorically. Can they still claim to be a benevolent lender?
"Because China’s [BRI] lending spree peaked in the mid 2010s, those grace periods began expiring in the early 2020s. The combination of relatively short maturities and lower concessionality...meant the early 2020s was always likely to be a crunch period for developing country repayments to China."
