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The Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues is a university platform for engagement among scholars, students, and practitioners to advance dialogue and promote solutions to global challenges ranging from climate change to peace and security.

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The Nairobi Expressway. Flickr/Ninara
Apr
23
2026

Africa-China Initiative 2026 Spring Symposium Event

Join the ACI, our partners, and guest experts for the fourth annual ACI Spring Symposium centering on Chinese infrastructure and development policy in the Global South. Refreshments and lunch provided.

This event is sponsored by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative, Initiative for

Chinese Yuan

China’s Edifice Complex

In this article for Foreign Affairs, Ning Leng explains why it is so difficult for the Chinese government to stop wasteful spending, how waste in China differs from waste in democracies, and what it means for China’s development.

Law Power

In this article for University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Mark Jia introduces a general concept of “law power”—a nation-state’s ability to use law to affect others to get what it wants—and demonstrates the potential of law power as a lens for analyzing geopolitics.