From the Middle Out and Bottom Up: The Belt and Road Initiative at 10...
By Xiangming Chen
The year 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a transcontinental connectivity project launched by China in...
China Needs Immigrants
By Dudley L. Poston Jr.
China is entering a severe demographic crisis.
For several centuries, the Asian nation has been the most populous country in the...
China in Africa Kenya Railway Study Shows Investment Projects Aren’t a One-Way Street
By Gediminas and Zhengli
China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$5 billion in foreign direct investment in African...
How China Uses ‘Geostrategic Corruption’ to Exert Its Influence in Latin America
By Valeriia Popova and Eduardo Gamarra
Corruption has long been a scourge in parts of Latin America.
Traditionally, it has funneled down domestic routes, with local politicians, business...
South Africa Walks a Tightrope of International Alliances – It Needs Russia, China and...
By Thapelo Tselapedi
Relations between the People’s Republic of China and Russia on one hand and the west, specifically the US, on the other have...
How Russia Might Rethink Its Alliance With China After Putin
By Marcin Kaczmarski
For more than three decades, Moscow and Beijing have been incrementally strengthening their partnership. The growing number of potentially conflicting interests, for...
Three Scenarios for the Next Phase of the Ukraine War and What Each Means...
By Natasha Kuhrt and Marcin Kaczmarski
Beijing is positioning itself to increase its global power at the end of the Ukraine war. But the question...
US-China Tensions: How Africa Can Avoid Being Caught in a New Cold War
By John J Stremlau
China’s foreign ministry published a 4,000-word analysis entitled US Hegemony and its Perils on 20 February. It’s an indictment of alleged US foreign...
Did China’s Balloon Violate International Law?
By Donald Rothwell
Was the balloon that suddenly appeared over the US last week undertaking surveillance? Or was it engaging in research, as China has...
China’s Population Decline Is a Result of Decades of Botched Family Planning Measures and...
By Christina Maags
China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years and is set to be reduced by half by the end of...
