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Belt and Road Initiative
The Geopolitical Significance of Anti-China Protests in Vietnam
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
What do recent anti-China protests reveal and not reveal about the nature of Chinese overseas investment in Asian countries?
China’s Peaceful Modernization Does Not Mean Westernization
By Jin Kai
What U.S. officials get wrong about China's rise.
China’s Second Century of Humiliation
By Ted S. Yoho
The conduct of Xi Jinping and the CCP will ultimately bring China a new century of shame.
Putin on the Ritz in China
By Nicholas Trickett
A peek under the glitz of Russian-Chinese bonhomie.
Carefully, Kazakhstan Confronts China About Kazakhs in Xinjiang Re-Education Camps
By Catherine Putz
Astana can't afford to push Beijing too hard, even on behalf of its own citizens detained in Xinjiang re-education camps.
Chinese Companies’ Central Asian Survival Strategy
By Dirk van der Kley
In Central Asia, Chinese companies can score financing from both Beijing and local capitals. But is anyone profiting?
India Makes Waves, Courts Central Asia at the SCO Summit
By Harsh V. Pant
India’s substantive engagement with wider Central Asia will be important going forward.
What the Belarus-Russia Border Tiff Means for China
By Nicholas Trickett
Batka don’t take no mess: Belarus’ Lukashenko threatens rail transit from Asia to Europe.
Kyrgyzstan Navigates Domestic Political Firestorm, Hopes to Avoid Burning China
By Catherine Putz
The failure of the Bishkek power plant in January has had domestic fallout, but its bilateral dimension could scorch Beijing too.
What Does China’s Belt and Road Initiative Mean for US Grand Strategy?
By Thomas P. Cavanna
Over time the BRI could threaten the very foundations of Washington’s post-WWII hegemony.
The US Needs a Reality Check on China's Belt and Road
By Hunter Marston
Washington’s confusion about China’s Belt and Road Initiative stands in the way of an effective alternative.
China’s Debtbook Diplomacy: How China is Turning Bad Loans into Strategic Investments
By Sam Parker and Gabrielle Chefitz
Belt and Road is not the Marshall Plan: it’s comprised of loans, not grants, and China expects a return for its money.