China’s Preference for Hard Power Is Creating Major Headaches for Beijing

Will China’s Private Security Companies Follow the Wagner Group’s Footsteps in Africa?

The Taiwanese presidential election on January 13, won by Vice President Lai Ching-te (or William Lai) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was hardly welcomed by China. The Chinese government had actively opposed the DPP. It has been accused, not for the first time, of electoral interference in favor of its preferred candidates.  After … Read more

From a Global Summit, the Belt and Road Forum Has Become a Venue for China’s ‘Old Friends’

From a Global Summit, the Belt and Road Forum Has Become a Venue for China’s ‘Old Friends’

Advertisement During the last 10 years, Beijing hosted three Belt and Road Forums (BRFs) in an attempt to sell a worldwide dream based on the mythical appeal of the Silk Road narrative: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). While initially the forum was meant to transform Beijing into a center of attention of world diplomacy … Read more