Belt and Road Initiative China’s partnership diplomacy in the Middle East March 24, 2020 0 Image credit: COP21_151208c-0651 by Mark Dixon/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Degang Sun. Two decades into the twenty-first century, we can see how the…
Business and Politics Sharp decline in US imports from China as Mexico becomes #1 trading partner in 2019 March 23, 2020 0 Image credit: Bandera de México by Christian Frausto Bernal/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Enrique Dussel Peters. At the end of January of 2020,…
Belt and Road Initiative China’s involvement in the Levant: It’s the economy after all March 20, 2020 0 Image credit: Suez Canal (2007-06-345) by Vyacheslav Argenberg/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Yoram Evron. The Levant – a sub-region of the Middle East consisting…
Asia How Asia perceives China in the context of BRI: Evidence from an Asian poll March 19, 2020 0 Image Credit: Secretary-General Addresses Belt and Road Initiative Forum, Beijing by United Nations Photo/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Zhenqing Zheng. Following the end of…
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…
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,…
Asia China-Malaysia Relations under the BRI: Seeing beyond Mahathir/Najib February 25, 2020 0 Image Credit: Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action by UN WOMEN/ Flickr; licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Guanie…
Business and Politics Chasing the Dragon: Attraction and Dependency in UK-China Relations December 2, 2019 0 Image Credit: Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China by Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. Written by Chris Ogden. Having strong…
Asia Targeted financial solutions to address India’s agricultural crisis November 18, 2019 0 Image Credit: India-Onion Irrigation, IWMI Flickr Photos/Flickr; Licence: CC BY NC ND 2.0 Written by Sourajit Aiyer. India is in a quandary. Two years of…
Business and Politics Following the money: Political financing in Malaysia July 30, 2019 0 Written by Tricia Yeoh. Image Credit: Najib’s campaign visit to USM, 8 December 2012 by radiantjustice/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. It is important to examine how political parties are…