China’s Navy Steps up Its Peace Ark Diplomacy

As US Withdraws From WHO, China Supercharges Its Public Health Diplomacy

The Hidden Lifeline for Afghans: Remittances

The Risks of China’s Loans to Uzbekistan

How China’s Belt and Road Took Over the World

A Decade Down the Belt and Road

China Keeping Details of Investment Deals From Bolivian Public and Congress, Sources Claim

China’s Expanding Influence in Iraq

South Asia Is Missing out on the Clean Energy Transition

Beijing’s Public Diplomacy in South And Central Asia

China’s BRI Lending: $385 Billion in ‘Hidden Debts’

How BRI Debt Puts China at Risk

Pacific Nations Have an Interest in Challenging China’s Expansive Maritime Claims

The China-India Contest in the Middle East

Putting a Dollar Amount on China’s Loans to the Developing World

Kazakhstan on China’s Diplomatic Silk Road

China’s Venezuela Headache

The Trouble With Trump's New Africa Strategy

Why Is Transparency So Important for China’s Development Assistance?

How China Wins Friends and Influences People

Chinese Foreign Aid in East Asia During the Trump Era

Debunking the Myths of Chinese Investment in Africa

China's overseas investment has long worried Western observers. From the constant updates on the soon-to-be operational Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), to the rather more nebulous One Belt One Road initiative, China's trade and economic influence is spreading on multiple fronts. This has fed into broader anxieties in the West, who feel that important allies and opportunities are slipping into the orbit of a regime that does not play by Western rules. Chinese investment in Africa is perhaps one of the most pertinent examples of these fears.

After 23 Years, China to Reopen Embassy in Somalia

China will reopen its embassy in Mogadishu, hoping that increased stability in Somalia allows for closer bilateral ties.

US, China Come Together Over Africa (Sort Of)

Over the weekend the U.S. and China sought to downplay that they are locked in a fierce competition for influence in Africa. During a press gaggle on Air Force One while en route to South Africa, President Barack Obama told reporters that the U.S. and China are not engaged in a Cold War on the continent.

Soft Power? China Has Plenty

China is a failure when it comes to soft power - or so we're told. A giant in the hard-power leagues of money and military strength, China is often portrayed as a minnow swimming against the global tide of ideas and perceptions. Unloved and misunderstood, the country can only get things done through the use of carrots and sticks, not by capitalizing on the warm sentiments of others. Foreigners, in the end, pay heed to China only because they have to, not because they want to.