Category: Development

China Offers Loans, Technology for Vietnam Railways

By Liz Lee China offered to boost ties with Vietnam on rail infrastructure, from loans and technology to training, as its neighbor's top leader, To Lam, wound up a visit on Friday that featured high-speed train journeys across the country's north ...

Brazil’s Top Labor Inspector Fired for Adding China’s BYD to ‘Dirty List: Sources

By Fabio Teixeira Brazil's secretary of labor inspection was fired for adding Chinese automaker BYD to a registry of employers accused of subjecting workers to conditions described by the government as similar to slavery, two people close to the matter ...

From Diesel to Solar: How Nigerian School is Cutting its Energy Costs

A quiet energy revolution is unfolding in Lagos, not in the version we’re used to, but in a space that forms the basis of a civilization-  a school. Just before COVID struck, the Abba’s Heart School had already embarked on ...

China Model Gains Appeal in Vietnam as Police Expand Power

By Francesco Guarascio Vietnam is increasingly edging closer to China's model of governance, tightening state control while embracing Chinese technology and regulation as its most powerful leader in decades heads to Beijing this week, according to internal documents, public ...

The Panama Paradox: China’s Escalation Ladder and the Rise of Logistics Coercion

More than two months ago, Panama’s Supreme Court annulled a long-standing contract that allowed Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchison to operate the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, located at either end of the Panama Canal. The decision essentially removed a Chinese-linked company from two of the most ...

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Three New Polls Show China is Edging Past the U.S. as the World’s Partner

Worry about the Trump administration’s decision-making is leading the public around the world to see China as an increasingly attractive counter-option. This is the main takeaway from three large public opinion polls released recently.
The annual Gallup poll of 130 countries is the largest of the three. They also include new Arab Barometer polling of countries in the Middle East, and an annual ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute poll of Southeast Asia.

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Panama President Seeks to Calm China Tensions

By Elida Moreno Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday sought to calm tensions with China, striking a conciliatory tone a day after his foreign minister called out the Asian superpower for increased inspections of Panama-flagged vessels as a tit-for-tat response to China's ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Chinese EVs’ New Lifeline in Africa, Asia and Latin America as Oil Volatility Grows

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. With this edition, we start our expansion from covering EV adoption in Africa to tracking electrification across the Global South. ...

China’s Xi Urges Demand‑driven Growth in Services Sector

China's President Xi Jinping has called for a demand-driven approach coupled with reform and technological empowerment to develop the service sector, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. China will expand and upgrade the services sector, cultivate more "China service" brands, and ...

China Issues E-Commerce Guidance After EU Lawmakers’ Visit

China issued guidance on Monday for its e-commerce sector that seeks to coordinate domestic development with international markets, a week after a delegation of European lawmakers visited to discuss related challenges and competition. European Union lawmakers had pressed China about a ‌surge of dangerous products that ...

Tonga’s Debt to China Hinders Rebuild Four Years on From Eruption

By Ben Strang More than four years on from one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history, Tonga is struggling to improve its infrastructure as it pays off a massive Chinese loan. When Hunga ...

China Is Helping Build Africa’s Cities, but Its Approach Sidelines Local Urban Planners and Residents

By Ding Fei As African cities experience some of the fastest urban growth rates in the world, China has become a major bilateral financier for urban infrastructure. From Nairobi’s elevated expressways to Lagos’s airport upgrades and Addis Ababa’s ...

China Says U.S. Fabricated Claims of Panama-Flagged Ship Detentions

China accused the United States on Friday of fabricating claims that Beijing had detained Panama-flagged ships in a long-running dispute over control of the strategic Panama Canal. Relations between the United States and China soured when Panamanian authorities in February took ...
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