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
Rising China in the eyes of its closest neighbors
What a collection of ethnographic studies about “neighboring China” can tell us about the Belt and Road
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
September monthly round-up: great power mentality
FOCAC exposed tension between Chinese overseas involvement and domestic public opinion
August Monthly Round-up: BRI turns 5 years old
A digest of Chinese media coverage of the BRI in the past month
Zooming In, Zooming Out: the frames through which Western media see Belt and Road
An awareness of the narrative frames used by Western media to portray BRI can lead to better reporting
How should the Chinese media approach Belt and Road reporting?
A conversation with Michael Anti, award-winning journalist, blogger and veteran media observer
Journey to the West: What China tells itself about the Belt and Road Initiative
Ever since President Xi Jinping unveiled the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in late 2013, the massive infrastructure and connectivity initiative has captured the world’s imagination. Supporters see it as a timely injection of fresh energy to global development long held back by the West-dominated Bretton Woods institutions. Detractors, meanwhile, warn about the plan’s risk…