Chinese Loan to Kenya Stokes BRI Concerns
A recent exposé by Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation details a host of risks to Kenyan sovereignty and national resources inherent in a loan agreement highly favorable to China signed with the...
View ArticleBelt and Road Initiative Takes New Path as State Funding Declines
New reports suggest that China has dramatically curtailed lending towards the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping’s flagship global infrastructure and trade program. First proposed in 2013, the BRI is...
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In U.S. and China, Competition Rhetoric Meets Inequality Concerns
Two weeks after the U.S.’ and China’s foreign ministers met for face-to-face dialogues for the first time under the Biden administration, relations between the two governments remain solidly frosty....
View ArticleCOVID Concerns Prompt China to Abandon Role as AFC Cup Host
On Saturday, China officially withdrew from its role as the host of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. The quadrennial event, which brings together 24 national soccer teams from...
View ArticleOne Decade On, the BRI and Its Media Backers Struggle to “Tell China’s Story...
In 2013, Xi Jinping introduced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and called on state media to “tell China’s story well.” Almost ten years later, the CCP’s external propaganda apparatus is struggling...
View ArticleNew Reports Analyze Chinese Influence in African Media
Recent reports from several think tanks detailed the important role of the media in framing—and at times, facilitating or limiting—Chinese influence across Africa. These reports highlight the CCP’s...
View ArticleChina’s BRI Bailouts Draw Mixed Reception
Several reports published over the past two weeks shine a light on China’s lending practices abroad, in the context of an ongoing international debt crisis along parts of the BRI. The reports trace the...
View ArticleBridge Builders Convicted of “Picking Quarrels” In Head-Scratching Case
“Bridge builder” is normally a high compliment. For one family in Jilin province, however, bridge-building earned them charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” setting off another national...
View ArticleReflections on a Decade of the Belt and Road Initiative
This week, China hosts its third Belt and Road Summit to mark ten years since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Representatives from over 140 countries are expected to meet in Beijing...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Shifting Chinese Investment in Latin America
In a small twist to the Chinese foreign minister’s tradition of making their first diplomatic visit of the new year to Africa, two countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) were added to...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Arrested Following Dam Protest in Tibetan Region of Sichuan...
Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested more than 100 Tibetan Buddhist monks and other residents of largely Tibetan Dege County in Sichuan Province, following protests against a vast dam project...
View ArticleIs Chasing Deadbeat Debtors “Picking Quarrels”?
Provincial prosecutors in Guizhou have set up a special investigative team to look into the case of a female entrepreneur who, along with members of her legal team, was detained and accused of “picking...
View ArticleU.S., U.K. Impose Sanctions on Chinese State-Affiliated Hackers
Xi Jinping’s efforts to point the way forward on China becoming a “major cyber-power” have met growing resistance from foreign governments. On Monday, the U.S. and U.K. announced sanctions and filed...
View ArticleDeteriorating Security Environment in Pakistan Threatens Chinese Nationals,...
On Tuesday, a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan killed five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver. This is the third attack against Chinese interests and nationals in Pakistan over the...
View ArticleChina’s State Media Cooperation with Brazilian Media Yields Soft Power Gains
Efforts by the Chinese state and its state-affiliated actors to engage with global media can be seen as part of a broader drive to enhance China’s soft power and shape narratives in the state’s favor....
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