13 Nov 2023 Belt and Road 2.0 Grace Stanhope China’s Belt and Road Forum last month showed the initiative is not dead but changing shape.
27 Oct 2023 Geopolitics and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway Teesta Prakash , Jack Sato Has the bullet train project strained the once tight relationship between Indonesia and China?
21 Aug 2023 India doubles down on regional connectivity to counter China Henry Storey New Delhi has big advantages in its South Asia infrastructure push – even if outspending China isn’t one of them.
1 Aug 2023 China’s big gamble in Pakistan: A 10-year scorecard for CPEC Syed Fazl-e-Haider The monster project for the Belt and Road Initiative has a deeply troubled beginning.
15 Feb 2023 Reset in US–Philippines relations tells of yet another China fumble Makoi Popioco The 180-degree reversal in Manila’s foreign policy was a consequent evolution of the previous regime’ approach.
25 Jan 2023 Chinese aid to the Pacific: decreasing, but not disappearing Alexandre Dayant , Meg Keen , Roland Rajah With fewer Chinese finances available and less demand from Pacific countries, geopolitical competition is opening up.
5 Aug 2022 Development finance in Asia: a memoir Robert Wihtol A former president of the Asian Development Bank reminisces about dealing with the rise of China.
30 Jun 2022 Economic diplomacy: Names trump numbers in the new BRI debt battle Greg Earl As G7 leaders talk up infrastructure spending, Australia’s Pacific family members contemplate how much they can take.
6 Jun 2022 Proceed with caution: high-speed rail for Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur Wu Shang-Su The potential connectivity benefits for two of Asia’s big cities are huge. The obstacles are many.
11 May 2022 Mapping Southeast Asian development assistance Teesta Prakash , Alexandre Dayant A new measure of foreign aid impact in countries hit by Covid and infrastructure failure is set to fill the gap.
20 Jul 2021 Can Biden’s Build Back Better World compete with the Belt and Road? Henry Storey Overhyping China’s BRI can be self-defeating and play into Beijing’s hands.
21 Jun 2021 The battle for Africa Nadège Rolland A US-led coalition of Western democracies versus a China-led circle of developing friends.
11 May 2021 Do Belt and Road projects provide local benefits? Dirk van der Kley The assumption that China’s overseas infrastructure projects only run on Chinese labour is in need of a reality check.
15 Apr 2021 Has China given up on state-owned enterprise reform? Nicholas Borst Rather than allowing the private sector more space, Beijing wants a tool for the implementation of government policy.
12 Mar 2021 The Belt and Road, and the pandemic detour Stephen Minas An important book illustrates the different hopes and dreams of partners to Beijing’s big infrastructure drive.
5 Feb 2021 Messages from China’s third white paper on foreign aid Denghua Zhang What's changed, and what hasn’t?
18 Nov 2020 Gauge-changing train is no game changer for China Wu Shang-Su The recently launched high-speed rail adaptable to different track widths is unlikely to jump the hurdles of the BRI.
6 Nov 2020 China’s problematic lending comes home to roost Robert Wihtol Pressure is mounting for China to join international debt-management initiatives.
26 Oct 2020 The Three Seas Initiative: A European answer to China’s Belt and Road? David Morris A quest to modernise dilapidated infrastructure in Central Europe has quickly transformed into a geopolitical contest.
9 Sep 2020 Debunking the myth of China’s “debt-trap diplomacy” Shahar Hameiri Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
2 Sep 2020 A China-Iran bilateral deal: Costs all around Jeffrey Payne Beijing sees an opportunity in Tehran’s international isolation – but may not realise the tangle it is entering.
30 Jun 2020 China’s pipeline dream in Pakistan Rahul Jaybhay The plan to transport oil across the Himalayas is a logistical nightmare. Post-Covid economics will make it even harder.
29 Jun 2020 China’s charmless offensive Mark Beeson The shine has come off what was once seen as China’s deft ability to make friends and wield influence.
19 Jun 2020 Belt and Road means big data and facial recognition, too Peter Layton China is exporting the same social control technology it employs to monitor its own population.
9 Jun 2020 The gravity of China’s space base in Argentina Erin Watson-Lynn What the South American country stands to gain from the deal is something of a mystery.