Belt and Road Initiative Exploring China’s strategic intentions in Central, West and South Asia March 18, 2020 0 Image credit: P1020506 by Will Clayton/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Anoush Ehteshami. Since the early 2000s, the great, major and regional powers alike…
China The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on relations between China and the Middle East March 17, 2020 0 Image credit: Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by NIAID/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Zi Yang. Since its emergence in China in December 2019, COVID-19 has…
Africa What does the coronavirus reveal about the presence of foreigners in Wuhan and Hubei? March 16, 2020 0 Image credit: Coronavirus by Chad Davis/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Daouda Cissé. China has long been known as a country of significant emigration,…
Belt and Road Initiative Infrastructure investment and China’s image problem in Southeast Asia March 13, 2020 0 Image credit: Opening of the Magampura Port, Hambantota, Sri Lanka by Dhammika Heenpella/Flickr; licence CC BY-NC 2.0. Written by Chee Meng Tan. In 2015, the…
China The COVID-19 epidemic and China’s wildlife business interest March 12, 2020 5 Image credit: Wuhan New Coronavirus by 葉 正道 Ben/Flickr; Licence CC0 1.0. Written by Peter J. Li. Overshadowed for decades by China’s coastal cities, Wuhan…
China Beyond bilingual education in Tibet March 11, 2020 0 Image credit: Looking-north-along-the-Rebgong-valley-on-the-northeast-Tibetan-Plateau-where-the-Manegacha-language-is-spoken/Gerald Roche. Written by Gerald Roche. On March 5th, 2020, Human Rights Watch released a report titled “China’s ‘Bilingual Education’ Policy in Tibet:…
Asia Can Asian and G7 policymakers save the global economy from the economic fallout of COVID-19? March 6, 2020 0 Image Credit: Emergenza coronavirus by Dipartimento Protezione Civile/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Bob Savic. News travels fast – to coin a time-worn phrase.…
China Challenging times for China’s economy: The need for change and effective leadership February 28, 2020 0 Image Credit: Foxconn - Milwaukee by Robert Geiger/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Chris Rowley. The phenomenal speed and size of China’s economic growth…
Belt and Road Initiative Job insecurity, labour contestation and everyday resistance at the Chinese-built Lamu port site in Kenya February 26, 2020 1 Image Credit: Image provided by the author. Written by Elisa Gambino. Approaching the berth area of the Lamu port construction site one morning, the shouts…
ASEAN The BRI and the Asian region: Impacts and responses February 26, 2020 0 Image Credit: International Conference on Belt and Road Initiative by UNCTAD/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 By Amitendu Palit. China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has…
