Heine Examines Impacts of Belt and Road Initiative

On September 8, 2023, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, discussed on The Heat, a subsect of China Global Television Network (CGTN) the impacts and implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on…

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Pardee School Faculty Discuss China’s Global Impact During “Research on Tap” Event

This “Research on Tap” convened BU faculty and researchers from across schools and disciplines. Through a series of individual presentations on a wide range of topics, the suite of experts expanded BU’s reservoir of knowledge on China and helped inform research and teaching on China at global and local dimensions.

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Heine Discusses CCP Congress & China’s Future on “CGTN

Ambassador Heine notes that the great balancing act China must commit to is remaining a champion of free trade and foreign investment while also expanding its technological and scientific capabilities in order to be more self-reliant, a challenge that President Xi appears ready to take on.

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GDP Center Paper Explains Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Indonesia

Chinese investment in Indonesia is unique from other BRI projects, as it’s concentrated in the environmentally sensitive sectors of the metals industry and infrastructure. This GDP Center research compares the environmental risks between FDI projects and identifies Indigenous communities that may be impacted by multiple risks

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Gallagher Publishes Article on Chinese Energy Finance in Developing Countries

In order to understand and steer Chinese finance more towards renewable energy technologies in the power sectors of developing countries, Gallagher and his co-authors explore the domestic incentives for Chinese energy investment abroad as well as those in recipient countries that facilitate that investment.

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Gallagher and Springer Discuss Trends in Chinese Overseas Development Finance

Professor Gallagher and Cecilia Han Springer talk about new findings from the GDP Center’s “China’s Global Energy Finance Database,” and outline China’s declining energy sector loans and what that means for future development financing and global green energy investments.

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GDP Center Releases New Findings from China’s Global Energy Finance Database

If and when Chinese development finance for overseas energy activity increases again, it should be directed towards cleaner sources of energy to match the trends in foreign direct investment, policy announcements, and global goals for mitigating climate change.

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