The Philippine Islands has a problem. It has international law on its side in its quarrel with China over maritime territory, but no policeman walking his beat to enforce the law. That means that, despite an international court’s findings, the dispute over rocks and islands off Philippine shores is far from over.
The Chinese build more infrastructure than any other country (foreign or African) in Africa. Chinese banks are financing billions of dollars in new loans, aid packages, and other deals to build badly-needed infrastructure across the continent, and Chinese companies are doing most of the engineering and construction work.
The move comes only days after receiving complaints over the way it markets the technology to potential owners.
Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong said leaders shouldn’t be distracted by the South China Sea issue.
Chinese stocks helped offset news that Japan’s economic growth had ground to a halt.
Hundreds of thousands are being moved from regions made unsafe from coal companies.
The government said there were practically “no fish” in the coastal East China Sea.
Jamie Farrell is completing her Master’s Degree in International Economics at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, with a focus on African Studies and Emerging Markets. Upon graduation, she will begin a position as a Financial Analyst working on renewable energy infrastructure development. Before beginning graduate school, Farrell was a Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso.
Samantha Hoffman is an Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre, a Fellow at China Forum, and an independent consultant. In 2018, she was a Visiting Fellow at MERICS in Berlin. She also worked as a consultant for the IISS (2012-2018) and IHS Markit (2012-2017). Her research explores the domestic and global implications of the Chinese Communist Party’s approach to state security. The research offers new ways of thinking about how to understand and respond to China’s technology-enhanced political and social control efforts. Hoffman holds a Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from the University of Nottingham (2017), an M.Sc. in Modern Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford (2011), and B.A. degrees in International Affairs and East Asian Languages & Cultures from Florida State University (2010).
