Day: June 29, 2023

The biggest annual event in Africa-China trade kicks off in Changsha, Hunan Province, on Thursday, running until July 2. The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo is notable for two key reasons. First, it signals the full resumption of Africa-China trade relations ...

The World Bank announced $700 million in budgetary and welfare support to Sri Lanka on Thursday. The news comes as Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry met with China’s Finance Minister Liu Kun and Exim Bank chair Wu Fulin to discuss China’s central role in his country’s debt restructuring. ...

China’s outsized role in two key South Asian debt crises (Sri Lanka and Pakistan) and its fractious cross-border relationship with India have overshadowed a larger trend: Beijing is increasingly becoming an adept navigator of South Asian complexities in order to grow its own influence in the region.