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The narrative that China is engaging in problematic debt trap diplomacy has taken off. But for Sri Lanka and most of China’s other Belt and Road Initiative partners, it is important to understand the history and politics of their relations with Beijing and project selection.
ON THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Feng Yujun, Alexander Gabuev, Paul Haenle, Ma Bin, and Dmitri Trenin analyze the BRI from Chinese, American, and Russian perspectives.
Article
Mon May 20 2019 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
The China International Development Cooperation Agency has been tasked with lofty goals, but near-term expectations must be tempered by lingering questions about how it fits into the country’s existing foreign aid bureaucracy.
Dan Banik explains how the China International Development Cooperation Agency could help China coordinate its aid portfolio more efficiently.
Jiajun Xu argues that by establishing structural transformation as the CIDCA’s core objective, Beijing will have an opportunity to take a leadership role in advancing the international development agenda.
Q&A
Wed Apr 24 2019 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Pitched as a new Silk Road sweeping from Asia to Europe, China’s enormous Belt and Road Initiative is an ambitious, multinational infrastructure project. Experts from four Carnegie global centers explain other countries’ perspectives.
ON THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Feng Yujun, Alexander Gabuev, Paul Haenle, Ma Bin, and Dmitri Trenin analyze the BRI from Chinese, American, and Russian perspectives.
Paper
Sun Apr 07 2019 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Despite the BRI’s prevalence in discussions of China’s global engagement, many experts are divided on how to interpret it. Is it a global strategy or just an interregional initiative? How can countries and international companies participate in its growth and development?
ON THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Matt Ferchen analyzes the implications of China’s growing investments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Liu Wei explores how the Belt and Road Initiative could reshape China’s role in global governance.
Article
Sun Mar 10 2019 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
By establishing structural transformation as the China International Development Cooperation Agency’s core objective, Beijing will have an opportunity to take a leadership role in advancing the international development agenda.
ON CHINESE DEVELOPMENT AID
Dan Banik explains how the China International Development Cooperation Agency could help China coordinate its aid portfolio more efficiently.
ON CHINA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
Matt Ferchen analyzes China-Venezuela ties, arguing that accusation that China practices “debt-trap diplomacy” are largely incorrect.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi this week. What do Washington, Pyongyang, Beijing, and others hope to see accomplished at the summit? Three Carnegie experts weigh in.
ON THE HANOI SUMMIT
Paul Haenle and Lucas Tcheyan explains how Trump should approach the Hanoi summit.
ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Several Carnegie experts examine U.S.-China relations at the forty-year mark.
President Trump believes he is entering the Hanoi summit having achieved a number of milestones in his “historic push for peace on the Korean Peninsula.” However, this ignores his failure to advance the core issue of denuclearization.
ON THE HANOI SUMMIT
Paul Haenle, Tong Zhao, and Chung Min Lee analyze what Washington, Pyongyang, Beijing, and others hope to see accomplished at the Hanoi summit.
ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Several Carnegie experts examine U.S.-China relations at the forty-year mark.
January 2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of the normalization of relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States. Four Carnegie scholars—two American and two Chinese—assess the relationship today.
ON CHINESE DEVELOPMENT AID
Dan Banik explains how the China International Development Cooperation Agency could help China coordinate its aid portfolio more efficiently.
ON CHINA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
Matt Ferchen analyzes why China decided to stand by Maduro in Venezuela.
Article
Sat Jan 05 2019 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (EST)
The China International Development Cooperation Agency could help China coordinate its aid portfolio more efficiently. But it is more difficult to say whether the new agency will make Chinese aid disbursement and procurement decisionmaking more transparent.
ON CHINA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
Matt Ferchen analyzes China-Venezuela ties, arguing that accusations that China practices “debt-trap diplomacy” are largely incorrect.
ON TAIWAN
Jie Dalei writes that the Taiwan Strait is not at immediate risk of a crisis, but diminishing trust could signal possible trouble ahead.
Quick Take
Mon Dec 03 2018 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (EST)
The U.S. and Chinese presidents talked about trade and tariffs when they met in Buenos Aires. What is the view from China?
ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Paul Haenle and Lucas Tcheyan argue that it is important to recognize the difficulties the United States and China face going forward.
Tong Zhao says the U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty reflects Washington’s long-standing concern that the treaty constrained its ability to counter China’s fast-growing missile forces in the Asia Pacific.
Article
Mon Oct 29 2018 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
The Taiwan Strait is not at immediate risk of a crisis, but a changing status quo and diminishing trust between Beijing, Taipei, and Washington signal possible trouble ahead.
ON ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY
Tong Zhao explains the reasons behind China’s expansion of its nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleet.
ON THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Liu Wei examines how China can assuage the international community’s fears about the Belt and Road Initiative.
Article
Mon Sep 10 2018 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
The international community views the Belt and Road through a zero-sum lens. To succeed, Beijing should focus on its domestic aspirations, international responsibilities, and nonmonetary investments.
ON THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Matt Ferchen examines China’s “debt-trap diplomacy” and the flawed arguments behind the concept.
Paul Haenle discusses the global implications of the Belt and Road.