Author: Kai Xue
Kai Xue is a Beijing-based corporate lawyer who advises on outbound M&A and cross-border financing transactions mainly in infrastructure, energy, and mining in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He write about international relations and societal problems as a hobby and his main interests are the China-India and China-Africa relationships.
Coups in the Sahel: Where China, U.S., and EU Should Work Together
Niger's coup leaders have been unfazed by military threats and economic blockade of food and medicine by neighboring countries and have not returned to their barracks. The unfolding coup is the latest event in ongoing chaos across the Sahel. Sudan fights a civil war, jihadism menaces the ...
Forecasting China-India in the 21st Century: Is Asia’s Richest Man Overestimating India and Underestimating China?
In a territorial dispute, overestimation by one side of its strength relative to the opposing side is the crux of continuing conflict. At the end of September, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani gave a speech in Singapore celebrating an extremely optimistic message centered on the Indian economy ...