Belt and Road

SINGAPORE/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Last month, six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a red-carpet welcome from President Aleksandar Vucic and an array of cabinet ministers. After elbow-bump greetings, Vucic kissed Serbia’s flag, then China’s. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask passes by…

China has committed to invest over USD 60 billion in Pakistan as part of the CPEC under which it planned to build a number of special economic zones.​Asim Saleem Bajwa, chairman CPEC Authority, in a tweet on Wednesday rejected reports about the adverse impact of the coronavirus on CPEC projects.PTI|Last…

Skip to content This is what globalism looks like The Chinese Government’s dominance of propaganda is as slick as it is nearly invisible and you wouldn’t think that Chinese propaganda had dug its claws as deep and wide as they have.And as the Chinese Belt and Road initiative plows a…

Features | Diplomacy | East Asia Possible post-pandemic scenarios for China’s long-term foreign policy strategy. A masked man walks past a national flag outside a traditional medicine hospital in Beijing on March 3, 2020. Credit: AP Photo/Ng Han GuanThe COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly looking like a watershed, one of those moments in history that…

Trans-Pacific View | Diplomacy | Economy Insights from Matthew P. Goodman. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ SaadsuddozaiTrans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Matthew P. Goodman – Senior Vice President in charge of Asian economics…

The faith in autocratic ascendance and democratic decline is contrary to historical fact. April 3, 2020 Professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP / GETTYNational-security analysts see China as one of the greatest threats facing the United States and its allies. According to an…

Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in the Obama administration as Special Assistant to the President on the National Security Council from 2014-2017 and is the author of the forthcoming book "Isolationism: A History…

Singapore Officials monitor thermal scanners as passengers walk past upon arrival of a flight from Hangzhou, China at Changi Airport, Singapore Jan 22, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Yiming Woo) 01 Apr 2020 11:40PM(Updated: 01 Apr 2020 11:49PM) SINGAPORE: Singapore and China expressed concern over the COVID-19 pandemic and agreed to strengthen bilateral,…

By Clare BaldwinSIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) - When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle.The Chinese-funded gambling enclave of Sihanoukville has suffered a double blow. Travel restrictions imposed in recent weeks…

— By Ahmad Rizky M. Umar, Universitas Gadjah Mada Studies say that development depends a lot on government capacity. However, it is not only government planning that influences the direction of a country’s development plans. Regional geopolitics is often also an influence. We are seeing a shift in political and…