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Laos-China Railway Inaugurated Amid Mounting Debt Concerns
By Sebastian Strangio
The $5.9 billion railway, an impressive feat of Chinese engineering, is set to tie Laos ever closer to its northern neighbor.
China’s Policy Banks Are Lending Differently, Not Less
By Tristan Kenderdine
How Chinese policy and commercial banks are behaving operationally in their foreign lending activities is shifting, but not necessarily diminishing.
Rail Freight Use on China’s Iron Silk Road Underdelivers
By Tristan Kenderdine
Is China’s CR Express destined for the industrial graveyard of Eurasian economic policy history?
COVID-19: The Nail in the Coffin of China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
By Lee YingHui
Rejigging the BRI to focus on soft infrastructure projects in the digital and health sectors could help rejuvenate the initiative in a post-COVID world.
Inside China’s Belt and Road Tangle
By Sebastian Strangio
Far from being a strategic masterplan, the BRI is a chaotic enterprise that contains the seeds of its own negation.
China-Laos Relations in Focus with New Railway Project Milestone
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The kicking off of track laying work spotlighted the development of a key infrastructure project within the bilateral relationship.
High Expectations as China’s Xi Lands in Nepal
By Peter Gill
The first Chinese leader to visit Nepal since 1996, Xi’s trip carries with it high expectations and geopolitical undertones.
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative Undermining Human Rights?
By Abbas Faiz
The BRI has provided much-needed development, but it has also generated more authoritarianism.
Xi Goes to Rome: Course-Correction for China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
By Jeff M. Smith and Fabio Van Loon
Italy would have been better served showing solidarity with Europe and negotiating with China from a position of strength.
Southeast Asia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the dynamics behind the subregion’s continued management of the opportunities and challenges within the evolving initiative.
How Can Indonesia Manage Its Concerns About BRI Investments?
By Dikanaya Tarahita and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
Jakarta may welcome, and need, Chinese investment; but it needs to mitigate the risks.
What’s in China’s New Belt and Road Recalibration?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Though Beijing’s attempt to adjust its BRI approach is notable, the actual extent and impact of this recalibration remains to be seen.
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