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Global-China Tracker 06-17-2020

6/17/2020

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NEWS
Belt and Road Initiative
进出口银行与孟加拉财政部签署孟加拉国家电网公司电网扩容升级项目贷款协议 (CHINCA)
Bank Muscat completes $150 million loan with China Development Bank (Times of Oman)
Indonesia woos Japan as China-led high-speed-rail project stalls (Nikkei)
China’s Belt and Road urged to take green route (Financial Times)
AIIB issues 3 bln yuan of panda bonds in China (Xinhua)
The pandemic is hurting China’s Belt and Road Initiative (The Economist)
Australia’s Victoria back in the spotlight for going it alone on belt and road agreement with China (SCMP)
China Suspends Debt Repayments for 77 Developing Countries Battling Covid-19 (Caixin)
CSCEC and China Eximbank sign cooperation agreement (China.org.cn)
China in Latin America and the Caribbean 
$2400 millones de China llegarán entre junio y octubre, dice ministro Martínez (El Universo)
China overtook Brazil as Argentina's largest trading partner in April (Buenos Aires Times)
Coronavirus: Brazil signs agreement to produce virus vaccine from Chinese lab (SCMP)
China’s Medical Outreach in LAC: Facts and Features (The Dialogue)
China's May soybean imports surge as Brazil shipments rise (Reuters)
China in Africa 
China’s debt relief for Africa: Emerging deliberations (Brookings)
Chinese enterprises urged to invest in Zambia's new districts (Xinhua)
 
IN-DEPTH STUDIES AND ARTICLES
Lampton, David M., Ho, Selina and Kuik, Cheng-Chwee, 2020. Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia. University of California Press.
Zhao, Suizheng. ed., 2020. China’s Global Reach: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Volume II. Routledge.
The Asia Foundation, May 2020, Community Engagement Along the Belt and Road: Findings from Cambodia and Pakistan (online)
Afzal, Madiha, June 2020, “At all costs”: How Pakistan and China control the narrative on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Brookings.
Thornton, Susan A., June 2020, China in Central Asia: Is China winning the “new great game”? Brookings.
Felbab-Brown, Vanda, June 2020, A BRI(dge) too far: The unfulfilled promise and limitations of China’s involvement in Afghanistan. Brookings
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Global-China Tracker 06-06-2020

6/6/2020

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Belt and Road Initiative
China to stop green bond financing for ‘clean coal’ projects (Financial Times)
As coronavirus bites, Pakistan looks to China for belt and road economic boost (South China Morning Post)
Myanmar Power Plants Delayed by COVID-19 to Start Operating in Coming Months (Irrawaddy)
Board of Governors Holds Special Meeting, Elects Marcos Troyjo as NDB President (NDB)
China backs AIIB chief Jin Liqun for second term (Nikkei)
Policy Lenders in China Name New Vice Presidents (Caixin)
Yamal LNG on fast boat to China as Northern route melts early (Reuters)
NDB Board of Directors Approved USD 1 Billion Emergency Assistance Program Loan to India to Fight COVID-19 Outbreak (NDB)
NDB approves 7-bln-yuan loan to China to help fight COVID-19 (Xinhua)
Brasil busca préstamo por 4.000 millones de dólares en el exterior para sufragar gastos por COVID-19 (Xinhua)
China in Latin America and the Caribbean 
China's Didi will begin using AI to run virus monitoring in Latin America (Reuters)
Embraer says China, India are potential partners after failed Boeing deal (Reuters)
China Securing Brazilian Soy With U.S. Trade Tensions Rising (Bloomberg)
China in Africa 
China, Zambia sign 548 mln USD solar power deal (Xinhua)
 
IN-DEPTH STUDIES AND ARTICLES
Klinger, Julie. 2020. “China, Africa, and the Rest: Recent Trends in Space Science, Technology, and Satellite Development.” China Africa Research Initiative, John Hopkins University, No.38, May 2020.
Shen, W., 2020. China's role in Africa's energy transition: a critical review of its intensity, institutions, and impacts. Energy Research & Social Science, 68, p.101578.
Chen, M.X. and Lin, C., 2020. Geographic connectivity and cross-border investment: The Belts, Roads and Skies. Journal of Development Economics, p.102469.
Dossani, Rafiq, Jennifer Bouey, and Karen Zhu. 2020. “Demystifying the Belt and Road Initiative A Clarification of its Key Features, Objectives and Impacts.” Rand Corporation, WR-1338.
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Global-China Tracker 07-03-2019

7/3/2019

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Belt and Road Initiative
Silk Road Fund Buys 49% Stake in Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power Unit (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Chinese-funded power plant in Bangladesh delayed after workers clash (Reuters)
New Chinese Ambassador Vows to Seek ‘Practical Cooperation’ with Myanmar on BRI Projects (The Irrawaddy)
中国进出口银行与英国出口融资署签署《关于出口信贷领域的合作谅解备忘录》(Xinhua)
Preah Sihanouk master plan discussed (Khmer Times)
China could build 30 'Belt and Road' nuclear reactors by 2030: official (Reuters)
Sri Lanka seeks US$1 billion loan from China as it struggles to recover from Easter Sunday attacks (South China Morning Post)
China, Russia, Mongolia meet to reinforce trilateral tourism ties (Belt and Road Portal)
China No Match for Japan in Southeast Asia Infrastructure Race (Bloomberg)
Timor-Leste rejects report it is taking $16bn loan from China's Exim bank for gas project (The Guardian)
China & Latin America and the Caribbean 
Chinese company BYD increases operations in Brazil (MacauHub)
China's May soybean imports from top supplier Brazil fall amid swine fever woes (Reuters)
Brazil's Petrobras reevaluating partnership with China's CNPC: newspaper (Reuters)
进出口银行融资支持的厄瓜多尔500千伏输变电项目竣工(Xinhua)
Activists renew calls for controversial US$50 billion Nicaragua Canal project to be cancelled as Chinese tycoon’s cash runs dry (South China Morning Post)
China & Africa 
GE, PowerChina Set to Build $4 Billion Zambia-Zimbabwe Plant (Bloomberg)
PowerChina to Build Two Hydropower Plants in Congo, Partners Say (Bloomberg)
Ethiopia govt signs agreement with Spanish, Chinese firms for 12 solar energy projects (Devdiscourse)
China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism (Reuters)
国开行：强化中非银联体平台作用推动中非金融合作(国家开发银行)

IN-DEPTH STUDIES AND ARTICLES
Belt and Road Economics: Opportunities and Risk of Transport Corridors (World Bank)
China and the world: Inside the dynamics of a changing relationship (McKinsey & Company)
African leaders and the geography of China's foreign assistance (Journal of Development Economics)
“Going global” and FDI inflows in China: “One Belt & One Road” initiative as a quasi‐natural experiment (The World Economy)
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    The tracker is based  on the "Global China Round Up" by the Global China Initiative of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University. Additional items are on my own responsibility. Please contact me if you have any concerns.

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