Special Monthly Round-up: BRI 1.5
The 2nd Belt and Road Forum in Beijing ended with a set of software patches to BRI 1.0
Monthly Round-up: The Summit
What we know about the second Belt and Road Summit in April 2019?
Interview: What’s missing in the conversation about China’s expanding global presence?
Longtime Belt and Road observer Zhang Hong shares her insights about the historical evolution of China’s “Going Out”
Development blogging: understanding social media support for BRI
What a new genre in Chinese social media tells us about how the Belt and Road Initiative is perceived domestically
December round-up: Reform, Opening, Belt and Road
As China celebrates 40 years of reform and opening up, the BRI needs to find its own place in and beyond Deng Xiaoping’s legacy
What China’s new foreign aid rules can and cannot do
CIDCA’s proposed Measures open a new window into Chinese foreign aid, but stakeholders should manage their expectations
November monthly round-up: caught in the crossfire
As US-China tension increases over the BRI, third-party actors find themselves caught in the crossfire.
October monthly round-up: teacher/student complex
Shinzo Abe’s visit to Beijing sets the two countries on a path to collaborate along the Belt and Road
Supply and demand: understanding Chinese involvement in coal projects overseas
China is shifting away from coal domestically but building many coal power plants overseas, why?
September monthly round-up: great power mentality
FOCAC exposed tension between Chinese overseas involvement and domestic public opinion