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.
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…
Africa has become a major platform from which to analyze and understand China's growing influence in the Global South. Yet, the impact of their historical relationship has been largely overlooked…
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Even as Belt and Road Initiative funding in Africa decreases, China’s Digital Silk Road remains active, and digital geostrategic competition between the United States and China continues to heat up.…
The way war is waged is evolving quickly—igniting the rapid rise of private military contractors who offer military-style services as part of their core business model. When private actors take up…
