Is the Belt and Road Anti-Democratic?

A ChinaFile Conversation

By Nadège Rolland, Tim Summers & more on February 5, 2018

During her visit to Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan January 31-February 2, Prime Minister Theresa May attempted to improve her country’s trade relations with China—an increasingly important partner for the post-Brexit United Kingdom. And yet, May was reserved in her support for China’s recent push to invest in its neighbors. How deeply should May enmesh Britain’s economy with China’s Belt and Road Initiative? What about other established economies and, in particular, democracies?

Who Killed More: Hitler, Stalin, or Mao?

By Ian Johnson on February 5, 2018

In these pages nearly seven years ago, Timothy Snyder asked the provocative question: Who killed more, Hitler or Stalin? As useful as that exercise in moral rigor was, some think the question itself might have been slightly off. Instead, it should have included a third tyrant of the 20th century, Chairman Mao. And not just that, but that Mao should have been the hands-down winner, with his ledger easily trumping the European dictators’.

Jacinta Keast

on February 2, 2018

Jacinta Keast is a Research Assistant at China Matters, an Australian public policy initiative that focuses on the Australia-China relationship. She is a member of the Global Editorial Team of Young China Watchers and has previously published on East Asia Forum and at Young Australians in International Affairs as a China Fellow. She was previously a Research Intern at the Australian Studies Centre at Peking University and a Country Specialist on Fijian politics for the Global Leadership Project at the University of Texas. She completed her undergraduate degrees in Chinese Studies and International Business at the University of Sydney, Peking University, and the University of Hong Kong, and is a Westpac Bicentennial Foundation Scholar.

China’s Plans for Creating New International Courts Are Raising Fears of Bias

By Nyshka Chandran on February 2, 2018

Multi-jurisdictional dealings between Chinese entities and their emerging market counterparts can pose immense regulatory challenges, especially in the realms of financing and execution.

Business, Economy, Law, Politics
International Court, Belt and Road Initiative, Investment, Infrastructure

Britain’s May Discusses Trade Barriers with China’s Xi

By Erika Kinetz and Christopher Bodeen on February 2, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday she discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping the importance of removing barriers to commerce, especially for British food, drink and financial services, as the two countries move toward a future trading arrangement for after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

Business, Economy, Politics
United Kingdom, Trade, European Union