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China has been playing a long game to establish its hegemony in the South Asia region. Inflicted by the Middle Kingdom complex, it views the world as an arran

China has been investing heavily in Nepals infrastructure, leading to the countrys growing reliance on Chinese financing.

Recently inaugurated Pokhara International Airport has come up with a USD 215 million loan from the Chinese EXIM Bank. The terms for this financing are highly adverse for Nepal's economy. The rate of interest charged on this loan is 2 per cent, much higher than what other multilateral lenders such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) charge, hovering around 0.25 to 0.75 per cent. In contrast to these multilateral institutions which offer a payback term extending up to 40 years,...

This report addresses two widely held beliefs about the nature of China’s engagement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that ought to be revisited in light of notable developments.

Protests have burst out spontaneously in a number of Chinese cities. Dissatisfaction with the government zero-tolerance COVID strategy appears to be the prima

Today’s policymakers understand the power of networks but need more guidance on how to build and employ them as tools of competition in a contested world rather than a world of open borders and markets.

In 2021, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) unveiled a new method for making animal feed from CO and nitrogen with Beijing Shoulang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. From 2021, the team partnered with a steelmaker to convert the plant’s tail gas into 5000 tons of feed-grade protein per year. 

The western alliances won the cold war

The western alliance won the cold war. The Soviet Union collapsed. They got what they wanted. They were able to institute this world order and now it does no

China and Russia have built close financial ties over the past ten years, with Russia becoming the largest recipient of Belt and Road lending. Given the sums at stake, the war in Ukraine is putting China’s overseas lending portfolio at higher risk than ever before. This column argues that this is likely to make Chinese state-owned banks more cautious in extending fresh