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…
China The proliferation of free trade disagreements (FTDs) November 8, 2019 0 Image Credit: TrumpDiTprotest3" by Global Justice Now , /Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Jayant Menon. It was not that long ago that trade economists were concerned…
Business Party finances and money politics in Southeast Asia July 29, 2019 0 Written by Wolfgang Sachsenröder. Image Credit: ฮุนเซนเลือกตั้ง 29 ก.ค. 61, by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Problems with party funding are universal. Political activities – especially election campaigns –…
Congress An alternative take on President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘overwhelming’ midterm election victory July 12, 2019 0 Written by Ronald U. Mendoza and Leonardo M. Jaminola III. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. President Rodrigo R. Duterte recently completed his…
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…
BRICS China’s Overseas Foreign Direct Investment to Latin America and the Caribbean (2000-2018) June 14, 2019 0 Written by Enrique Dussel Peters. Image Credit: Cartagena - Container Ship in Port by Roger W/Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0. As part of the annual contribution of the…
Asia Sri Lanka’s port development and the role of the BRI May 24, 2019 0 Written by Pabasara Kannangara. Image credit: Katharine Adeney (All Rights Reserved). Sri Lanka is strategically located at the centre of the Indian Ocean and is in…
China Greece in the “16+1” format? Reading the Sino-CEE tea leaves April 9, 2019 1 Written by Bartosz Kowalski. Prior to the upcoming EU-China summit in Brussels, the attention of observers has primarily been caught by the official inclusion of…
China China and Latin America: How significant are their economic relations? October 29, 2018 0 Written by Rhys Jenkins. China’s economic involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has grown significantly since the turn of the century. At first,…
China China’s initiatives in emerging Europe August 31, 2018 1 Written by Sarmiza Pencea. Since its reform and opening up forty years ago, China has developed tremendously, advancing from poverty to wealth, from weakness to…
