Thursday, 21 November 2019 Paris, 75115 Based on a “shared heritage” in the Pacific, French President Emmanuel Macron had outlined in 2018 projects to strengthen cooperation with India and Australia upon security, economy and environment matters. As Chinese influence…
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On the margin of the 2019 UN General Assembly, in a conversation with Pakistan Prime minister Imran Khan held at the Council for Foreign Relations, New York, Richard Haass, the Council’s President, pointed Pakistan as being « on the short list of countries receiving most Belt and Road Initiative investiments » and therefore addressed Prime Minister Imran Khan with two substantial questions: firstly, will this state of affairs not dramatically exacerbate Pakistan’s debt challenge, given the nature of Chinese support ? Furthermore, how does Pakistan claim to retain full sovereignety while inviting China to lead projects on such a scale?
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s answer simply outlined the great opportunity that China represents for Pakistan.
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Note n°23 of the China Observatory, by PENG Nian (PhD Candidate, Hong Kong Baptist University / Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Myanmar Studies, Sichuan University) China has made new progress on advancing its strategic interests in Myanmar by promoting many…
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Note n°22 of the China Observatory, by Mehmet Söylemez (PhD in Political Science, Hong Kong Baptist University) Turkey-China bilateral relations have an interesting story to tell. At the two opposing sides during the Cold War and especially having complicated relations…
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Note n°21 of the China Observatory, by Dr. Saša Istenič (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) Over the five years of its existence, the 16+1 cooperation platform noticeably raised its visibility and became seen as a valuable economic and political instrument, which…
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Note n°19 of the China Observatory, by S. Kanwal Hassan (PhD student, Hong Kong Baptist University) Historic relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China have been based on common interests; their security and defense…
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Note n°17 of the China Observatory, by Dr. Evan Ellis (Research Professor of Latin American studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College) This article examines the character of Chinese expansion into Latin America and the…
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Roundtable n°16 of the China Observatory, 13 February, 2017, with Rafaello Pantucci (director of International Security Studies at RUSI (Royal United Services Institute)) While Europe has been engulfed in fear of growing terrorist threats over the past few years, China…
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