Launched in 2022, the initiative hosts virtual dialogues with experts about the evolution of China’s engagement with the Global South.
The panel discussions explore the continuity and divergence in China’s exchanges with different regions in the Global South, including Latin and South America and Africa, as well as its development efforts as part of China’s expansive Belt and Road Initiative.
When can economic inducements—like foreign aid, large-scale investment initiatives, and discounted sales of natural resources—buy influence abroad? Zenobia Chan argues that inducements can be…
The announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative splashed China onto the world’s overseas lending scene. In the more than a decade since, Beijing has become a major lender to the developing world…
Professor Muyang Chen (Peking University) discussed her recent book The Latecomer's Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance, which reveals the nature and impact of a…
In the state-run Kua forest in Burkina Faso, the authorities’ decision to declassify a portion of the forest for a Chinese-sponsored hospital triggered an environmental civil society movement to…
This spring 2024 symposium, organized by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative and African Studies, brought together experts from across the United States, as well as Peru and Chile, to…
At an intimate in-person event, Professor Li Xiaoyun of China Agricultural University discussed development learning in China-Africa engagements. As author of over 20 books and 200 papers, his work on…
