China’s Belt-and-Road push for global sway – renewed or ‘overhyped’?
As Chinese leader Xi Jinping landed in Myanmar on Friday he hoped to send a clear signal that his country is back in the driver’s seat. Having backed Myanmar, also… Read more »
Tag: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Taiwan launches ‘Silk Road of Democracy’
Last month, Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) sent a delegation to visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama and officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala, India. The meetings displayed Taiwan’s… Read more »
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ inhibiting democratic consolidation
The Chinese government should ensure the projects it finances or engages in under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) respect human rights, Human Rights Watch said today: On April 25-27,… Read more »
Rapid Response Mechanism can help counter authoritarian ‘sharp power’
China has been accused of engaging in predatory lending aimed at trapping countries in debt, acquiring strategic assets like ports, and spreading corruption and authoritarian values, not least in sub-Saharan Africa,… Read more »
‘New Cold War’ with assertively autocratic China? Display West’s democratic unity
The international system is currently experiencing a period of transition as economic, institutional and military power is being amassed by China, which is depleting the relative influence and stature of… Read more »
Sri Lanka turmoil points to China’s ‘new colonialism’
The surest way to lose an election in south Asia is to be too enthusiastic about China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Wherever Chinese influence has grown, governments have turned more… Read more »
China’s Belt and Road initiative: lessons from Malaysia and Pakistan
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has been described by President Xi Jinping as the “project of the century.” But with resistance growing, the vulnerabilities of China’s ascent are beginning to reveal opportunities for… Read more »
The Life of BRI: lessons from Tibet
China’s Communist Party (CCP) has heralded the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a global economic stimulus project that will provide great benefits to BRI partners. What has been masked,… Read more »
Digital authoritarianism grows, net freedom declines, democracy ‘withers’
Democracy is “withering” under the influence of growing digital authoritarianism, with China especially culpable for its efforts to export its Great Firewall of internet censorship, a watchdog group warned today…. Read more »
China to employ AI & sharp power in ‘risky play’ for global leadership
China could overtake the United States in artificial intelligence technologies capable of disrupting every aspect of society, the leaders of a House panel said in a report released Tuesday. Artificial… Read more »