Questioning the Debt-Trap Diplomacy Rhetoric surrounding Hambantota Port
Date: June 5, 2021 | Published in: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The case of the ninety-nine-year lease of Hambantota Port to China has become the example par excellence of Chinese debt-trap diplomacy. While China’s influence over Sri Lanka has increased in the past decade, this narrative of debt-trap diplomacy is unwarranted for three primary reasons: (1) the Concessional Agreement was not a debt/equity swap arrangement; (2) Sri Lanka’s own government actively solicited the project; and (3) the percentage of Sri Lankan debt owed to China remains a mere fraction of its overall sovereign debt. Read More
China’s role in transatlantic relations: Time for a new strategy
Date: August 24, 2021 | Published in: Hinrich Foundation
In June 2021, US President Joe Biden travelled to Europe to announce America’s return to the global stage after a period of isolationism under former President Donald Trump. The trip was praised for its skillful summitry and distinguished for sounding alarm over China’s rise. Yet it was not entirely clear that many countries in Europe were willing to embrace the coordinated approach toward Beijing advocated by Biden. . Read More
These two African railway megaprojects tell us a lot about China’s development model
Date: March 6, 2021 | Published in: The Washington Post, Monkey Cage
After extensive negotiations, the Chinese government in January agreed to let Kenya defer $245 million in repayments on loans from state-owned Export-Import Bank of China, also known as the China Exim Bank. The reprieve was probably a relief to Kenya’s government, which borrowed more than $4.7 billion to build the 298-mile Standard Gauge Railway project connecting the port of Mombasa with the capital, Nairobi. Read More
China’s Adaptive Governance: A Tale of Two BRI Railroad Megaprojects in East Africa
Date: May , 2020 | Published in: Afronomics Analysis.
How Will China Shape Global Governance?
Date: May 9 , 2020 | Published in: ChinaFile Conversation.
12 experts on how the US should hold China accountable for the coronavirus
Date: April 16, 2020 | Published in: Vox.
Corporate Social Responsibility along the Chinese Financed Railway Mega-Project in East Africa
Date: March 1, 2020 | Published in: Oxford University China, Law and Development Research Brief
The Novel Coronavirus and its impact on China-Italy relations
Date: March 15 , 2020 | Published in: Taihe Institute
Conversation on EU-China relations
Date: April 8, 2019 | Published in: Oxford University China, Law and Development Research Brief
From Defensive to Assertive: China’s White Paper on Human Rights
Date: March 30, 2019 | Published in: Verfassungs blog
Will the Belt and Road Initiative change China’s stance on sovereignty and non-interference?
Date: Feb 8, 2019 | Published in: GlobTaxGov, Leiden University
China has been deemed to be the stronghold of Westphalia sovereignty. However, its increased investments and interests abroad, which followed the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, might change its stance on the principles of sovereignty and non-interference. Since the first systematic translation of international law into Chinese after the Second Opium War (1856–60), sovereignty has become a key pillar of Chinese foreign policy Read More
In the Eye of the Beholder: The China Model as a discourse
Date: May 17, 2018 | Published in: Harvard University Fairbank Center Blog
The idea of a “China Model,” referring to the People Republic of China’s (PRC) distinctive developmental path as a fast track to economic growth, continues to attract attention from both the public and scholars. More recently, the term has been used to channel general anxiety in the West about China’s global rise and its possible negative implications for the liberal order. Read More
Will the Belt and Road Initiative change China’s stance on sovereignty and non-interference?
Date: Feb 8, 2019 | Published in: GlobTaxGov, Leiden University
China has been deemed to be the stronghold of Westphalia sovereignty. However, its increased investments and interests abroad, which followed the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, might change its stance on the principles of sovereignty and non-interference. Since the first systematic translation of international law into Chinese after the Second Opium War (1856–60), sovereignty has become a key pillar of Chinese foreign policy Read More
In the Eye of the Beholder: The China Model as a discourse
Date: May 17, 2018 | Published in: Harvard University Fairbank Center Blog
The idea of a “China Model,” referring to the People Republic of China’s (PRC) distinctive developmental path as a fast track to economic growth, continues to attract attention from both the public and scholars. More recently, the term has been used to channel general anxiety in the West about China’s global rise and its possible negative implications for the liberal order. Read More