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Global-China Tracker 06-17-2020

6/17/2020

NEWS
Belt and Road Initiative
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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

Global-China Tracker 06-06-2020

6/6/2020

NEWS
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.

Editor's Note

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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