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Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park: how industrial policy reshapes Chinese investment and corporate alliances

Host country elites are using BRI investments as leverage to advance industrial policy goals, creating winners and losers along the way.

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aerial photo of buildings near coast Overseas finance

Debt repayment issues in highly-indebted BRI countries: risks and opportunities in the new year

For at least 10 BRI countries, debt service to China is going to become a major fiscal burden in the coming years. Dr. Christoph Nedopil and Mengdi Yue argue that China needs to make debt relief multipateral, fair and green to be a global standard setter.

white bullet train in train station Southeast Asia

Easy Money and Political Opportunism: How China and Japan’s High-Speed Rail Competition in Indonesia drives financially risky projects

Asia’s infrastructure needs are real. But creditor competition can motivate political opportunism rather than sound policy choices, argues Jessica Liao.

Book reviews

The winners and losers of the Belt and Road Initiative: from their own perspectives

Belt and Road Through My Village is a new book that listens to the perspectives of those most affected by BRI mega projects

landscape photography of brown wooden house on forest near river Governance

Who gets to be green on the BRI and on whose terms?

An interview with Tyler Harlan on the politics of “greenness” of the Belt and Road Initiative

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2020年10月26日 in Editor's note.

How one think tank represents evolving thinking on BRI infrastructure investments

Chinese think tank CREEI wants to spearhead a new approach to planning China’s overseas energy investment

2020年10月19日 in Energy investment, Governance.

Charting the Belt and Road decision making machine

Understanding who makes what decisions in the Belt and Road Initiative, an interview with Dr Thomas Hale

2020年9月21日 in Governance.

What we know about China’s approach to debt relief: Insights from two decades of China-Africa debt restructuring

History shows that China’s approach to debt relief is ad hoc, and asset seizure is highly unlikely.

2020年8月31日 in Overseas finance.

Incorporating gender into Chinese hydropower development in the Mekong region

Dr Pichamon Yeophantong shares her observations about how Chinese infrastructure companies approach gender in project development

2020年8月14日 in Energy investment, Southeast Asia.

The puzzle of China’s missing solar and wind finance along the Belt and Road (Part 2)

Despite strong domestic performance, the Chinese renewable energy sector’s lack of financial support overseas is multifaceted.

2020年7月19日 in Energy investment.

How will China handle multiple debt repayment crises?

Domestic commentators provide insight into Chinese thinking on the thorny issue

2020年6月21日 in Overseas finance.

Losing Steam: China’s Overseas Development Finance in Global Energy

Overseas energy finance from China’s policy banks has been declining since 2017 due to a combination of demand and supply constraints. A rebound in 2020 is unlikely.

2020年5月24日 in Energy investment, Overseas finance.

Covid-19 and Chinese Soft Power in Africa: Q&A with Ambassador David H. Shinn

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso shares his view on how recent events may reshape China-Africa relationship

2020年5月10日 in Africa.

Bring back the “Bandung Spirit” in China-Africa relationship

Chinese scholar Liu Haifang argues that China should re-discover its early embrace of Africa to build a new foundation for China-Africa solidarity.

2020年5月2日 in Africa.

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About us

This blog is started by those who aspire to tell a better story about China’s involvement beyond its borders. We are journalists, campaigners, analysts, scholars and practitioners with years of experience navigating Chinese politics, bureaucracy, finance and their ramifications overseas.

The Team

  • Ma Tianjie
    Founder/Editor
    Ma Tianjie
  • Calvin Quek
    Editor
    Calvin Quek
  • Tom Baxter
    Editor
    Tom Baxter
Ma Tianjie

Ma Tianjie

Founder/Editor

Ma Tianjie has been involved in policy analysis and environmental advocacy in China for over a decade. He also runs Chublic Opinion, a popular Chinese public opinion blog. He was an English major at Peking University and later earned his Master’s degree in environmental policy from American University. His areas of interest include China’s overseas footprint, environmental governance and online public opinion.

Calvin Quek

Calvin Quek

Editor

Calvin is a Visiting Fellow at the Tsinghua University Finance and Development Center, focusing on green finance development in developing countries. He is also head of Greenpeace East Asia’s Sustainable Finance Program and leads its engagement of the financial community. In the past, Calvin served on the Board of the China Carbon Forum, and was the first Executive Director of the Beijing Energy Network. Prior to coming to China, Calvin worked at Citigroup for close to a decade. Calvin has an MBA from Peking University, and an MSc in Wealth Management from Singapore Management University.

Tom Baxter

Editor

Tom Baxter works on climate and energy issues and Chinese overseas investments at China Dialogue. He works in the intersections between journalism and the NGO world and his writing has previously appeared in The Economist, South China Morning Post, China Dialogue, and elsewhere. Tom studied history at the University of Glasgow and Hong Kong University. His interests include China’s increasing global influence and the role of the media as an agent in public debate. He also maintains a keen interest in literature and the Chinese language.

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