BRI

In October 2023, China hosted the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing to mark 10 years of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Officially dubbed the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, the BRI is an ambitious (and sometimes controversial) infrastructure development strategy that forms the centrepiece of Xi Jinping’s foreign policy strategy. On the 10th anniversary of the BRI, we… …

Renewable energy projects have yet to appear in droves as part of the Belt and Road Initiative, but new coal power projects have largely been halted, writes You Xiaoying from China Dialogue Developing countries have a “huge interest” in Chinese companies and institutions helping with their green energy development, experts have told China Dialogue. But there has yet to be a surge of renewable energy projects finalised under the Belt… …

In June, the G7 proposed its new ‘Partnership for Global Growth’ (PGII) as a greener, more sustainable alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Unfortunately, PGII is based on several misconceptions about Chinese outbound investment and risks repeating some of China’s mistakes, writes Torsten Weller At the summit in Germany in late June, the heads of government of G7 countries announced the launch of a USD600 billion infrastructure programme… …

The UK has done well through partnering with China on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) before, but is it now considering extricating itself from further BRI collaboration with Beijing to align itself with the US or the EU? Joe Cash investigates A global contest is brewing. China, the US, and the EU are all vying for influence along routes that Beijing first turned its attention to in 2013 when… …

Last month, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued a circular which outlined new measures to reform and open up its service sector. Here’s what it included: The circular included eight pilot tasks and 122 measures to promote innovation in the service industry, and 16 measures to remove bureaucratic hurdles for new market entrants. Most importantly, it also included 26 measures to facilitate the entry of foreign service providers. The sectors… …

Qianhai in Shenzhen is one of three areas designated by Beijing for the next stage of China’s Reform and Opening. It has been slow getting going, but changes are being accelerated, writes Anthony Lawrance Facing the South China Sea, Qianhai doesn’t have much room for future expansion – unless further reclamation work is done. However for now, that suits local and national officials just fine: What Qianhai is set to… …

The South African-based academic talks about green-tech opportunities along the Belt and Road countries Dr Steven Kuo is a Sino-Africanist who lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and regularly travels to Mainland China. He is Research Fellow within the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). He previously taught African politics and International Security Studies at SISU and was a full-time Consultant for Chinese clients …

China’s Asian Dream: Empire Building Along the New Silk Road by Tom Miller Long-time China resident, writer and journalist Tom Miller spent three years travelling around Asia along the various Belt and Road corridors to report from the front line on the effects, costs and consequences of China’s Belt and Road initiative. In this excellent book, he manages to bring together China’s great ambitions for economic expansion and, as the …

Tom Miller spent three years travelling around Asia researching his book China’s Asian Dream. Here he explains the far-reaching effects of China’s ambitious global goals To what extent is the Belt and Road initiative already benefiting the economy of China? It is still very early days, as the initiative was only announced in late 2013 and its success can only be judged in 10 or 20 years’ time. Having said… …

With China’s increasing prominence on the global stage, Kerry Brown thinks it’s time for a new cross-cultural dialogue One of the frustrations of dealing with China in the decade after it entered the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 was the ways in which, almost daily, the People’s Republic was clearly an emerging economic superpower but one that continued to act diplomatically like it belonged to the middle ranks. The… …