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“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

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Governance

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

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

Editor's note / Overseas finance

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

Foreign aid / Governance

“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

Africa / BRI in media

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

2022年9月13日 in Overseas finance.

Interview: Working with Chinese companies on land acquisition and involuntary resettlement for project development

Dr. Luke Long explains how resettlement is done in international development projects and why apply higher standards will ultimately pay off

2022年8月22日 in Governance.

Re-imagining the “debt crisis” in Africa

Development Reimagined’s Jade Scarfe argues that thinking about debt to Chinese and Western creditors from the debtor perspective presents new ways forward

2022年8月10日 in Africa, Overseas finance.

BRI Notebook: “Racism for Sale”

With economic ties ever growing between China and Africa, new business opportunities are emerging. The pressing question is: what kind of ethical guardrails do you put around such new businesses?

2022年6月21日 in Africa.

From project financing to debt restructuring: China’s role in Sri Lanka’s debt situation

A brief review of Chinese lending history shows China’s understanding of Sri Lanka’s situation and its potential to shape debt restructuring for the island nation in crisis.

2022年6月13日 in Overseas finance.

Governance, debt and war: reassessing Chinese aid in the Western Balkans

Ana Krstinovska shares her critical take on Chinese development assistance in the region in the wake of the post-pandemic economic situation and the war in Ukraine.

2022年5月18日 in Foreign aid.

Agriculture for food plus agriculture for wealth: China-Africa agriculture cooperation in new cycles

2022 marks the beginning of the three-year China-Africa Cooperation cycle and China’s five-year plan cycle for International Agriculture Cooperation. What do they mean for China’s agricultural aid and investment in the African continent?

2022年4月20日 in Africa.

Beyond the 2021 numbers: an evolving Belt and Road

A look at some of the nuances of 2021 Belt and Road investment and construction deals data

2022年3月14日 in Overseas finance.

Europe’s Global Gateway: To Where?

EU initiative needs a strong narrative if it is to compete with BRI’s influence

2022年2月26日 in Overseas finance.

“Stepping up” Chinese solar and wind investment in Africa: an interview with Dr Shen Wei

China wants to increase renewable investments in Africa, but how can it turn around years of energy investment flowing into fossil fuel and big hydro? Dr. Shen Wei shares his views.

2022年1月17日 in Africa, Energy investment.

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Ma Tianjie has been involved in policy analysis and environmental advocacy in China for over one and a half decade. He has been a member of the senior management teams at major environmental organizations in China since 2013, and has been a regular commentator of Chinese environmental and policy affairs for Chinese and international media including the Economist, South China Morning Post, China Daily and CGTN. 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.

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Tom Baxter advises multiple organizations on their engagement with Chinese overseas investments. 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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