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China, COVID-19, and Developing Country Debt

The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous stress on many of the world’s government budgets. The world’s poorest countries in particular are ...

Xi Jinping's Xi'an Visit Indicates CCP Objectives and Centrality of Loyalty to the Party

[Xi Jinping delivers a short speech at Xi’an Jiaotong University on 22 April, 2020: WATCH HERE] The final weeks of April were an importan...

Why China's GDP Has the Central Bank Worried

[People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang] Over the last two years, I’ve written pieces for this blog about how debt accumulation and slow...

Virulent Rhetoric: Chinese State Claims of US Biological Warfare from the Korean War to COVID-19

As Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads throughout the globe, rumors and misinformation regarding the illness are keeping pace wit...

Resource-Backed Loans, Revisited: Infrastructure for Aluminum in Ghana and Guinea

This two-part series analyzes past, present, and future trends in China’s resource-backed loans. Part I looked at why China made frequent...

The Rise and Fall of the Resource-backed Loan

This two-part series analyzes past, present, and future trends in China’s resource-backed loans. This installment (Part I) looks at why C...

China’s Anti-Graft Body Joins the Fight to Control the Coronavirus Narrative

[A translated excerpt from a propaganda cartoon published by China’s anti-corruption body featuring party cadres questioning emergency re...

Communist Party Membership and Access to Cheap Loans: Varieties of Party Membership-based Loan Progr

During the Politburo’s 40th Collective Study Session in April 2017, President Xi delivered a speech on strengthening the Party’s leadersh...

Cambodia, China, and the PLAN's Overseas Intentions

In this two-part series, I examine the story behind China’s potential future military basing in Cambodia. Part I focused on how China use...

Honey Over Vinegar: China's Slow and Steady Approach to Military Access in Cambodia

In this two-part series, I examine the story behind China’s potential future military basing in Cambodia. Part I focuses on China’s use ...

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