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Africa (7)
Biodiversity (1)
Book reviews (2)
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Editor's note (3)
Energy investment (9)
Foreign aid (4)
Governance (1)
Latin America (2)
Overseas finance (13)
Southeast Asia (8)

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
Calvin Quek

Editor
Tom Baxter

Editor

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

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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