Chinese aid to Africa: what are the facts?
China has become the biggest donor of aid to Africa- read more about the background in this interesting article from the Conversation. The Economist has also recently launched the China Going Global Index . which you can download from its website after free registration. It ranks 59 major economies in terms of their attractiveness to […]
Chinese investment in Latin America
Free access to this detailed database from Inter-American Dialogue’s China and Latin America program and Boston University’s Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) which provides facts about loans and investments made by the China Development Bank and China Export-Import Bank to Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). It is possible to browse by nation, sector and type. Items can be shared […]
How China Became a Global Information Power
Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Information Power Read the latest online report from Center for International Media Assistance to find out how. The 44 page book focuses upon three main areas: shaping international news media, guiding the evolution of the global Internet, and influencing global culture through Hollywood. Find data on […]
The China and Latin America Finance Database
https://www.thedialogue.org/china_latin_america_finance_database A joint project between the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) at Boston University and the Inter-American Dialogue. The Dialogue’s publication, The New Banks in Town: Chinese Finance in Latin America by Kevin Gallagher, Amos Irwin, and Katherine Koleski, is the main source of featured data and conclusions. Use it to access up to date […]
Bloomberg: Sino-British trade
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a series of agreements on trade and investment during a recent visit to China. Bloomberg functions help monitor the impact on the Chinese yuan and Dim Sum bond issuance as the U.K. and China strengthen their economic relationship. You may find the case study document under the […]
Internet Censorship
Blocked on Weibo Site maintained by Jason Ng Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and author of Blocked on Weibo, discusses his work and other censorship issues relating to social media and China. Includes lists of blocked words. For other information try. Herdict a user-driven platform for identifying web blockages as they happen; from the […]
Bloomberg: China’s Trade Anomalies and Economic Growth
China’s customs administration is investigating allegations of falsified trade data. Unusual surges in reported shipments to Hong Kong and in certain products may be the result of companies inflating invoices. Use Bloomberg’s spread-analysis and custom-chart tools to visualize trade anomalies which may be artificially bolstering China’s exports. Find case studies using the function FFM on […]
Gender Equality in China
Are you an unmarried woman of over 27? In China you might be ‘leftover’ according to a report in BBC magazine: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21320560 The All China Women’s Federation has English language discussion of this topic. This is an Official website founded to protect the rights of women and promote gender equality: http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/folder/82-1.htm?q=leftover The People’s Republic of […]
Global voices advocacy
A report on the internet firewall in China. Surveys the 2013 battle between Chinese netizens and China’s Great Firewall: http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/31/netizen-report-great-firewall-edition/
Window into China
A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy. http://carnegietsinghua.org/specialprojects/?fa=list&id=1182&lang=en
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