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…
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…
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 US and China signed the Phase One trade deal: What next? February 24, 2020 0 Image Credit: President Trump at the G20 by The White House/Flickr; Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0. Written by Penelope B. Prime. The US and China signed…
China The US-China trade war: Will there be a Phase Two? February 17, 2020 0 Image credit: President Trump at the G20 by The White House/Flickr; licence: Public Domain Mark 1. Written by Salvatore Babones. Shortly before the coronavirus became global…
China The new nationalism of Xi’s new era February 13, 2020 0 Image credit: Official visit of the President of China by UN Geneva/ flickr; licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Kevin Carrico. No one will ever…
China A clash or reconciliation of nationalisms across the Taiwan Strait? February 4, 2020 0 Image credit: 龜山島＋國旗 by Vincent Chien/Flickr; licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Zhidong Hao. Between 2002 and 2003, I was a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan…
Asia Uneasy Chinese nationalism January 31, 2020 0 Image credit: 1 Oct 2019 National Day Rally 34 by Etan Liam/Flickr; licence CC BY-ND 2.0. By Chi-kit Chan. The start of 2020 marks another…
