The Afghan crisis through the prism of Chinese media
In this special issue of our newsletter, we look at how Chinese media and society is trying to make sense of the bewildering situation in Afghanistan
Empty trains on the modern Silk Road: when Belt and Road interests don’t align (Updated)
China’s provinces are sending empty freight trains to Europe. Chinese media explains why.
“Opaque, huge, ill defined, politicized”: Beijing’s foreign press corp grapples with BRI
Beijing foreign correspondents talk about the challenges of reporting the Belt and Road
Following China’s footsteps from Andes to Amazon: advice from a Colombian journalist
Andres Bermudez Lievano, who has covered China for a Latin American audience from Beijing and Bogota, shares his views about how China reporting in the region can improve
The myth of the Belt and Road in Central and Eastern Europe
Analysis of media and parliamentary discourse shows that the BRI has hardly made a dent in Central and Eastern European perceptions of Chinese influence
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
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.