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Roundtable: The Belt and Road at 10

Six experts share their views on what to expect from China’s Belt and Road Initiative as it enters its second decade

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Governance

10 years on: Has CPEC spurred economic activity in Pakistan?

Recent research shows that CPEC has increased government spending but has limited impact beyond that, raising questions about the BRI’s strategic objectives.

Southeast Asia

“Time travelers” in Vietnam

A new documentary from Tencent explores the opportunities and challenges faced by a group of Chinese entrepreneurs in Vietnam’s burgeoning TikTok retail market.

Africa / Overseas finance

Can a Chinese-led multilateral initiative help unlock more sustainable infrastructure in the Global South?

The MCDF has made its first grant in Africa. What role can this new institution play in the life cycle of infrastructure financing in developing countries?

Governance

BRI Notebook: Where is the overseas grievance mechanism for Chinese banks?

An update on the state of play of the much-anticipated mechanism to increase accountability for Chinese banks overseas.

China’s role in addressing post-Covid debt challenges in the Global South

While China’s overseas debt stock has decreased for the first time in a while, the road toward debt sustainability in developing countries remains bumpy.

2023年5月4日 in Overseas finance.

BRI Notebook: The Chinese aid system’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquakes

What does China’s post-quake aid to Turkey and Syria say about its notion of “great power responsibility”?

2023年3月23日 in Foreign aid.

Five takeaways from China’s BRI engagement in 2022

2022 saw greener, more technology-oriented and smaller BRI projects. How will engagement evolve after China’s re-opening?

2023年2月24日 in Energy investment.

Letter from Pakistan: understanding the disquietude in Gwadar

The government made a few concessions to the people of Gwadar following the latest protests. But the future of Gwadar lies in how the Baloch people are included in the development process.

2023年2月5日 in Governance.

“Brazil needs China’s experience to re-industrialize”: an interview on how the Lula administration will approach China and the BRI

Feliciano de Sá Guimarães believes that any Chinese investment that creates high-skill jobs in Brazil will be welcome by the new administration

2023年1月2日 in Latin America.

BRI Notebook: Why does the developing country status matter to China?

Guo Yu shows the complexity of grouping countries based on their developmental status

2022年11月29日 in Governance.

BRI Notebook: Chinese Central Bank official calls for balanced approach to debt crisis

PBOC’s Jin Zhongxia admits that reforms at CDB and China Exim might be needed for future debt treatments

2022年11月15日 in Editor's note, Overseas finance.

“We’ve got very paternalistic partners”: a conversation on security, climate and great power rivalry from a Pacific perspective

Fiji-based Maureen Penjueli tells us how Pacific communities respond to charm campaigns in the context of the climate emergency and other global challenges

2022年11月5日 in Foreign aid, Governance.

A Nigerian journalist’s outlook on the Chinese path of development and the future of China-Africa relations

Nigerian journalist Solomon Elusoji was invited to a reporting and study trip in China as part of Beijing’s public diplomacy. He wrote about the experience in a new book.

2022年9月30日 in Africa, BRI in media.

BRI Notebook: Exim Bank executive shares valuable first-hand experience

Zhao Liang’s blogpost about how he oversaw the soft loan to Nepal to build the Pokhara Airport offers insight into the Chinese lending process

2022年9月13日 in Overseas finance.

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