To understand the function and organization of Chinese lending landscape urgewald initiated a series of briefing papers. The No.1 Who is who in the Chinese institutional lending landscape explains f.e. where the AIIB is located in the overall political structure of the Chinese state and which other financial institutions fullfill which roles.

To understand the function and organization of Chinese lending landscape urgewald initiated a series of briefing papers. The No.1 Who is who in the Chinese institutional lending landscape explains f.e. where the AIIB is located in the overall political structure of the Chinese state and which other financial institutions fullfill which roles.

Organizations that set international technical standards face two potential challenges: one from China, which wants to deepen its participation in these groups, and the other from the United States, which might overreact to China’s activities and undermine the system.

China's population is set to get smaller for the first time since the great famine struck 60 years ago. Why? And how will this affect the rest of the world?

Even as Washington ramps up pressure over human rights abuses, Beijing is investing more in a labor program it sees as a form of charity.

Abstract. The current situation in the Lancang–Mekong River basin is emblematic of the issues faced by many transboundary basins around the world: riparian countries prioritize national water–energy policies and provide limited information on how major infrastructures are operated.

Heightened tensions with Taiwan has the world wondering where President Xi Jinping sees China on the world stage.

New studies claim the young multilateral bank has loopholes in its environmental and social safeguards that allow negative impacts on communities

Funding pledges from China and other countries need to be given in grants — which must include research grants — and not as a reward for taking out loans.

Trade in agricultural services will become a fresh growth point for domestic companies to invest in related projects abroad, as well as help ensure the world's food supply going forward, said government officials on Tuesday.

While it may be difficult to enact a global set of regulations on surveillance technologies, individual countries can take the lead with enhanced monitoring and stronger laws.

A comprehensive report from AidData estimates that $385 billion in debt from Chinese loans have been hidden from official balance sheets, and 35% of China’s Belt and Road projects have “major implementation challenges.”

AidData, a research lab based at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute, released a new dataset on Wednesday tracking China’s overseas development finance program.

China is now the world’s largest source of bilateral development finance and will likely continue to play a prominent role in sovereign lending through its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative. This paper introduces major methodological enhancements in tracking this finance: the use of an original application programming interface (API) to gathers news in multiple languages; double-verification of every record to ensure every finance commitment has been formalized; and visual geo-location to trace the precise footprint of every project.

Chinese mining conglomerates sought to adapt to local conditions by forging alliances with the Ecuadorian national government. But these Chinese efforts to leverage local players undercut and divided Indigenous opposition in unsustainable ways that have backfired.