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.
“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
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
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
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?
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.
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?