Economy

It is highly unusual for a government to cancel such a high-priority project. What prompted its decision?

The Taliban are focusing on the countries that are most likely to be interested in investing in Afghanistan, notwithstanding its human rights record or potential for violence. 

The costly infrastructure project would damage the environment and create an unhealthy economic dependence on China.

Like last year, budget planners are placing a lot of faith in macroeconomic conditions remaining in the country's favor in 2024.

The parallel imports that pass through Kazakhstan to Russia represent a complex equation with variables ranging from the customs union to corruption.

Despite the push toward decoupling, China-West collaboration persists in South America’s Lithium Triangle. But in the age of strategic competition, how long will this last? 

More than a year after the Afghan Fund was created to disburse $3.5 billion in frozen assets for the benefit of the Afghan people, no disbursements have been made. Why?

The BRI is not set to fade away. It has already changed China’s position in the world, and it will continue to do so moving forward.

Japan is ramping up efforts to counter China’s seafood ban amid the controversial wastewater release from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. 

Their differing approaches to regulation carry global significance as an AI arms race unfolds between the two fierce rivals.

The specter of insecurity in Afghanistan has been replaced by a lack of governance and widespread incompetence. Investors from China or any other country can be expected to be deeply wary.

This week's Belt and Road Forum has demonstrated that many Southeast Asian leaders still view China as central to their nations’ economic prosperity.