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…
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 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…
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…
Business Government support or private investment? Developing community-based tourism on Taiwan’s east coast September 9, 2019 0 Written by Giulia Mengato Image credit: Hualien, Taiwan by P /Flickr, license CC BY 2.0 While corporations are typically singled out as the main perpetrators of exploitation, governments have…
Africa The Chinese model in Africa and its wider challenge August 27, 2019 2 Image Credit: Fancy a climb? by Carsten ten Brink/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Tom Harper. Throughout its history, China’s rulers have often sought to present it as…
ASEAN China and the Mekong states: Divergent responses to Chinese initiatives August 6, 2019 1 Written by Selina Ho. Image Credit: Sunset over the Mekong by Matt Wakeman/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. In June 2018, the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation…
Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
Business Reconciling conflicting visions of ‘sustainable palm oil’ June 6, 2019 0 Written by Rory Padfield. Image Credit: Truck filled with oil palm by CIFOR/Flickr, licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Diplomatic relations between the EU and the major…
Conservation The complex socioeconomic impacts of the oil palm expansion in Indonesia June 4, 2019 0 Written by Christoph Kubitza. Image Credit: Oil palm harvesting by CIFOR/Flickr, licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The global demand for palm oil over the last few…
