Bringing accountability to overseas development: a comparative perspective from Japanese civil society
Mekong Watch’s Toshiyuki Doi shares his views on the similarities between Japanese and Chinese approaches to overseas development
“Time travelers” in Vietnam
A new documentary from Tencent explores the opportunities and challenges faced by a group of Chinese entrepreneurs in Vietnam’s burgeoning TikTok retail market.
BRI and the Philippines’ BBB – where two infrastructure projects meet
President Duterte’s “Build Build Build” infrastructure push is transforming the Philippines’ landscape and its politics. Researchers Jerik Cruz and Hansley Juliano discuss how the “pivot to China” strategy shapes the BBB program and whether recent tensions might change the dynamics.
Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park: how industrial policy reshapes Chinese investment and corporate alliances
Host country elites are using BRI investments as leverage to advance industrial policy goals, creating winners and losers along the way.
Easy Money and Political Opportunism: How China and Japan’s High-Speed Rail Competition in Indonesia drives financially risky projects
Asia’s infrastructure needs are real. But creditor competition can motivate political opportunism rather than sound policy choices, argues Jessica Liao.
Incorporating gender into Chinese hydropower development in the Mekong region
Dr Pichamon Yeophantong shares her observations about how Chinese infrastructure companies approach gender in project development
From Pioneers to Brokers: How a diverse Chinese diaspora facilitates the Belt and Road in Lao
A lively snapshot of those who lubricate deals and exchanges that make the Belt and Road possible
Interview: Can Chinese NGOs help companies obtain “social licenses” along the Belt and Road?
As a Chinese NGO stepped outside the country for the first time, it found itself caught in between Chinese companies and skeptical local communities.
The Politics of Vexed Capital: China’s Railway Projects in Southeast Asia
Alvin Camba develops a conceptual model to explain why certain Chinese overseas projects progress while others get stalled
Lessons from my three years engaging with China’s hydropower giants
A first-person account of how China’s hydropower giants engage with civil society groups when operating overseas