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
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.
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”?
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?
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.
“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
BRI Notebook: Why does the developing country status matter to China?
Guo Yu shows the complexity of grouping countries based on their developmental status
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
“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
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.
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