Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing.
Chinaโs โmask diplomacyโ is finding immediate success in some quarters. Eric Olander of the China Africa Projectย says that Chinaโs soft power in Africa, for instance...
In his new book, Africa First!: Igniting a Growth Revolution, Jakkie Cilliersย of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria examines how trends in manufacturing, climate...
German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that the G7 countries โ the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom โ havenโt been able to agree on a joint statement about COVID-19 because of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeoโs insistence that the statement use the term โWuhan virus.โ
After the Chinese ambassador to the U.S., Cuฤซ Tiฤnkวi ๅดๅคฉๅฏ, downplayed conspiracy theories about the origin of COVID-19 that his colleague Zhร o Lรฌjiฤn ่ตต็ซๅ had...
Joint data from January and February, released a week ago, gave the first official indication that Chinaโs first quarter might be headed for a historic...
Workers disinfect a subway car in Wuhan, as authorities prepare to gradually resume public transportation and business activity in the city. Photo via Xinhua. Despite...
Chinese ambassador to the U.S., Cui Tiankai, avoided directly criticizing his colleague Zhao Lijian, but his message was clear: Donโt listen to that guy.
In what the South China Morning Post calledย an โunusually intense diplomatic gesture,โ Xรญ Jรฌnpรญng ไน ่ฟๅนณ called four European heads of state โ in France, Germany...
According to new Caixin reporting (in Chinese; in English), there are new asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan, often numbering โmore than a dozen a...