By Laura Gormley Over the next decade, Chinese demand for imported seafood is projected to grow dramatically. China currently hosts the world’s largest aquaculture production, growing more than 60 million tons of aquatic plant and animal food products in 2020. However, the growth of local demand is already outpacing production and the resulting shortfall is […]
In the next few years, demand for seafood is expected to grow exponentially and the gap between local demand and local production is expected to more than double within the next decade. As the world’s largest home of aquaculture (raising aquatic plants and animals for food), China has been responsible for over half of global […]
The Chinese government cares deeply about its international image, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping calling for his government to charm the world by telling Chinese stories well. While existing research has studied Chinese efforts to earn status from foreign governments and direct public diplomacy toward foreign publics, it has largely overlooked the country’s preoccupation with […]
By Jonathan Greenacre The world’s farming sector is struggling to feed the world which, without major technological and organization innovations, will lead to an upcoming global food shortage. Food production must grow by nearly 60 percent to feed the world’s population by 2050. Africa’s inefficient farming techniques and the poverty of its farmers are a […]
By Oyintarelado (Tarela) Moses On July 6, 2022, the World Resources Institute (WRI) released an updated version of the China Overseas Finance Inventory (COFI) Database, which tracks Chinese-financed power generation projects in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. The COFI Database draws from the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center’s suite of five interactive […]
Economic cooperation between Indonesia and China has intensified over the last decade through the emergence of a shared vision for economic prosperity. Inbound investment from China (including Hong Kong) to Indonesia has grown dramatically in recent years, particularly after the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched. Chinese investment in Indonesia is unique from other […]
By Rebecca Ray As one of the world’s richest homes for biodiversity and one of the top recipients of Chinese finance and investment, Indonesia is in a crucial position for managing the economic, social and environmental benefits and risks of participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In a new working paper, researchers from […]
As the fastest growing source of foreign financing, China and Hong Kong foreign direct investment (FDI) surged to a total of $3.2 trillion in 2019. Chinese capital offers a novel opportunity for host country political and state elites to strongly foster industrialization by enacting policies outside the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and […]
By Liaoguo Chen With the support of the Chinese government, the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) was established in 1992. As a high-level international advisory body, CCICED focuses on core issues of environment and development and has contributed to championing sustainable development in China. CCICED has also worked to build […]
To achieve the targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement, global coal use needs to be cut by 30 to 70 percent by 2030. Action has been slow though, with some industrial countries placing coal phase-out high on their political agendas, while most low- and middle-income countries still regard coal as essential for economic growth. While […]