Washington Post: Montenegro mortgaged itself to China. Now it wants Europe’s help to cut it free.
Montenegro took a nearly $1 billion loan from China to build a highway last year. Currently, officials in the European Union debate whether or not... MORE
Washington Post: Chinese firms—and African labor—are building Africa’s infrastructure
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa reported that China has contributed about one quarter of overall $100.8 billion committed to infrastructure projects on the continent. While... MORE
Washington Post: These two African railway megaprojects tell us a lot about China’s development model
Research on two of China's Belt and Road Initiative railway projects in East Africa—the Nairobi-Mombasa Line and the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Line—reveal that local rules may... MORE
Washington Post: Ban Ki-moon asked to act on complaint against Beijing Games
The World Uyghur Congress, a group of exiled Uyghurs, have sent a letter to International Olympics Committee ethics chair Ban Ki-moon to move the 2022... MORE
Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam are sent to prison over Hong Kong democracy protests
A court on Wednesday sentenced Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam to between seven and 13½ months in prison for... MORE
WaPo: Government should take bigger role in promoting U.S. technology, or risk losing ground to China, commission says
Advocates of the U.S. government taking a bigger role in industrial policy got a boost Tuesday from a bipartisan commission on China, which said the... MORE
Washington Post: China’s Hong Kong Crackdown Poses an Immediate Challenge for Biden
The incoming Biden administration will face an early test as to what to do about China's crackdown on human rights in Hong Kong. Following the... MORE
Washington Post: China’s Xi lays out plan to build Shenzhen into global rival to troubled Hong Kong
In a Wednesday speech marking the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen's designation as a special economic zone (SEZ), China's leader, Xi Jinping, announced plans to build... MORE
WP: China’s third aircraft carrier takes shape, with ambitions to challenge U.S. naval dominance
China's first modern aircraft carrier could be launched in the coming months as it enters the latter phases of construction, according to new satellite images... MORE
WP: Chinese firm Zhenhua harvests social media posts, data of prominent Americans and military
Since 2017, a Chinese company called Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology has been scraping social media posts and other data on military personnel and policymakers for... MORE