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,…
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 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…
BRI The Belt and Road Initiative and Xi Jinping’s foreign and domestic policy agenda October 29, 2019 1 Image Credit: Old and low vs. new and tall by Lars Plougmann/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Suisheng Zhao. The Belt and Road Initiative…
Asia Will Modi 2.0 deliver on the economy? Thorny issues lie ahead, but the outlook is rosy September 3, 2019 0 Image Credit: Indian Flag, The Mall, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India: Adam Jones/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Rishi Kant and Alfred M. Wu. The…
ASEAN Southeast Asia and the China challenge August 9, 2019 1 Written by Mark Beeson. Image Credit: the joint asean thing by sbamueller/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. As the old adage has it, you can choose…
China China looking beyond the Dalai Lama July 30, 2019 0 Written by David Scott. Image Credit: Dalai Lama by webted/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. On 9 June 2019 the Global Times, the populist outlet within the People’s Daily,…
China China’s military power: Modernising a force to fight and win February 25, 2019 0 Written by Bert Chapman. In January 2019 a US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report analysed the ongoing developments in Chinese military power and capabilities. The…
China The implications of expanding Chinese global access February 20, 2019 1 Written by Bert Chapman. Section 1259b of the US 2018 defence spending law (Public Law 115-91) directed the US Defense and State Departments to assess the…