The Straits of Malacca This narrow gap separating Indonesia and the tip of the Malay Peninsula was long recognised by the British as the fulcrum of trade…
Pakistan China’s relationship with Pakistan is long and enduring, but rather than one built on trade and investment it has traditionally been a political relationship…
My review of Jonathan Fenby’s book was orginally published in the excellent LSE Review of Books: China has long provided observers in the West with…
The last ten years has seen China’s influence increase markedly across Central Asia, below I provide a snapshot of its activities in each state in…
China and India face the biggest dependency on external energy supplies among the world’s rising powers. Having outgrown their domestic energy sources both countries are…
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This week I take a snap shot look at relations between China and the countries on the west coast of South America, which have worked…
This week I’m looking at what is currently a red hot trend, namely Chinese investment in global property and real estate, which just happens to…
China’s relations with Emerging Europe are often overlooked, but they are set to take on much greater significance over the next decade as the economic and political linkages…
Today we have a guest post by Thibaud Andre, a French consultant working in China. In 2009, the Chinese government announced the establishment of “a…