China Beyond The Wall

Those uncles which you want were dangerous; Your grace attended to their sugar’d words, But look’d not on the poison of their hearts : God keep you from them, and from such false friends! – Richard III Written by O.B Chinas offer to help Eurozone countries with their debt crisis last week could bear ominous [...]

 Map: China’s investment in world resources    China’s growth is phenomenal – everybody is writing about it. Everyone who’s been there will spout anecdotes of skyscrapers that erect themselves in a matter of days; of instances where three layers of road exist as fly-overs; and of an intricate network of impressively fast trains. China is [...]

China has traditionally taken a different attitude towards negotiation and political discourse. During the period when Zhou Enlai was a very active diplomat, Chinese diplomacy established a tone and approach that still characterises Chinese diplomacy today – it is that of the “third way”. The Chinese gained huge recognition for a new brand of subtle [...]

The usual anti-corruption campaign uncovered 22,884 “small coffers” of embezzled public funds. High-level cadres possibly involved.

In brief: “The West shoud pump more money in foreign aid… although we don’t need it”.

As China consolidates its relations with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (both SCO members), it is useful to know what this Central-Asia international organisation is…

China needs more technology and foreign aid before pledging to cut down carbon emissions

The wonderful one-party developmental state.