Beijing’s growing interest in Somalia is less about development corridors and more about political alignment.
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A review of 133 countries’ ports found a correlation between investment from China and proximity to chokepoints.
Panama has been the centre of a power struggle between the US and China since the start of Trump’s second term.
The competition for Africa’s critical minerals between China and the West presents an opportunity.
The Motuo hydropower project will be four times the size of the gigantic Three Gorges dam, the next biggest hydropower project in the world.
Land systems shape how foreign investment happens and what impact it has.
Trump is trying to strengthen ties with Gulf states in an attempt to contain China’s growing regional ambitions.
China is developing closer ties with countries in central Asia.
Projecting strength on the global stage doesn’t always require tanks and guns.
The biggest threat posed by the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin is not security-related but is the risk of the struggling owners becoming insolvent.
Beijing has long used infrastructure development as a means of building influence in Africa. Now, it’s using media as well.
Will Washington’s show of strength push Panama and other Latin American countries closer to China?
Donald Trump claims China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal. This isn’t quite right, but China’s investment in shipping infrastructure globally has made many countries jittery.
Incoming US president has repeatedly stated that Beijing is ‘operating’ the crucial waterway – an untruth, but one that gets at Washington’s fears of Beijing’s influence in the region.
China wants to use private security contractors to protect its investment projects in the war-ravaged country.
Initiatives Trump sees as pandering to woke interests will be put to the sword.
Indonesia’s stance towards China is poised to remain steady, albeit with nuanced variations depending on the victor.
More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on emerging economies explains.
The shift in focus in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will change how China does its business in Indonesia – that might mean less money for the latter’s ambitious infrastructure projects.
Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.
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