Belt and Road

18 March 2020Author: Siegfried O Wolf, South Asia Democratic ForumChina–Pakistan bilateral interactions have reached an unprecedented peak with the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). But China’s rapidly expanding leverage across all spheres of Pakistan’s state and society has raised questions of whether Pakistan is still the ‘master in their own house’.…

The U.S. is insulting the Chinese media. It is affecting both countries. My colleagues in Beijing believe, correctly, that Washington should have tried to increase communication, not to bring it to a halt. Twist what is happening; reverse facts. That is what the Western media does when “dealing with” China,…

Italy is in lockdown. Schools and universities are closed, soccer games suspended, and restaurant visits banned amid a rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Just grocery stores and pharmacies are allowed to stay open, and only absolutely necessary travel is permitted. One might think that fellow European…

Trump contends that the coronavirus was “Made in China”.  And that China threatens America. The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the “Made in China” label. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refers to it as the “Wuhan coronavirus.”  “The Big Lie” started on…

In this edition of Charts of the Week, a focus on India, from Brookings India in New Delhi. Mobility and the rent/own choice in urban India In their study of the relationship between internal (to a country) migration and “tenure”—the decision to rent or own a home—Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi,…

China Power | Society | East Asia The patriarchal aspect of China’s nationalism is an intractable problem. Credit: Illustration by Catherine Putz.The new immigration guidelines drafted by China’s Ministry of Justice sparked xenophobic backlash online soon after their publication. As Chauncey Jung has written for The Diplomat, the conditions for obtaining permanent residence are…

NANJING, China, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Suning International announced that it will donate the first 300 thousand medical masks and other healthcare products, such as protective garment and disinfection products, to support Italy to fight against the coronavirus, based on its supply chain globally.As the virus outbreak worsens in Italy,…

Interviews | Diplomacy | Society Insights from Giuseppe Gabusi Police officers and soldiers check passengers leaving from Milan main train station, Italy, March 9, 2020. Credit: AP Photo/Antonio CalanniDiplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into Asia policy.  This conversation with…

While the coronavirus consumes the headlines, when we consider how China's leader handled the crisis, we can see larger pattern of behavior that reveals a consistent pattern of failure, whether in trade negotiations, decreased economic growth even before the COVID-19 outbreak, the global attention centered on the Muslim "re-education camps"…

By Keith Zhai and Huizhong Wu SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - As new coronavirus cases track downward in China, it is looking to burnish its credentials as a responsible power by sharing expertise and equipment with countries seeing a surge in cases and to repair an international image dented by the disease.…