China

·      BRI: The infected project of the century (The Daily Guardian, 4 July 2020) 

·      China’s economy steadied in June, PMI suggests (SCMP, 30 June 2020)

·      China to buck global economic downturn with 1 per cent growth in 2020: IMF (SCMP, 24 June 2020)

·      China’s promise of loan write-offs for distressed African nations barely dents a much bigger debt crisis (SCMP, 20 June 2020) 

·      China calls on banks to give up US$212 billion in profits to finance cheap business lending (SCMP, 18 June 2020) 

·      Can China maintain construction boom to help virus-hit economy? (SCMP, 18 June 2020) 

·      Foreign investment into China up 4.2 per cent in May to US$9.87 billion (SCMP, 18 June 2020) 

·      China to forgive interest - free loans to Africa due in 2020, Xi Jinping says (SCMP, 18 June 2020) 

·      Parts of Beijing locked down due to fresh Covid-19 cluster (AFP, 13 June 2020) 

·      China tolerating weaker yuan to offset US tensions, boost export (SCMP, 9 June 2020) 

·      China: End of the Belt and Road? (Euromoney, 4 June 2020) 

·      China’s factory activity fell back slightly in May (SCMP, 3 June 2020) 

·      China ready for ‘worst case scenario’ by doubling down on economic shift (SCMP, 28 May 2020) 

·      China 2020 GDP forecasts left unchanged as stimulus fails to impress (SCMP, 27 May 2020) 

·      Coronavirus has hit China’s migrant workers harder than Sars and the financial crisis. but worst yet to come (SCMP, 25 May 2020) 

·      China GDP: Beijing abandons 2020 economic growth target, Premier Li Keqiang confirms at NPC (SCMP, 22 May 2020) 

·      Coronavirus threatens China’s Belt and Rod. What happens when it wants half a trillion dollars back? (Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2020) 

·      A trade union in lockdown (China Labour Bulletin, 5 May 2020) 

·      China fails to stop racism against Africans over Covid-19 (The Guardian, 27 April 2020)

·      China’s belt and road plan hits roadblock as virus pinches supply of materials and workers (SCMP, 26 April 2020) 

·      Unemployment rate eases slightly in March to 5.9 percent (CLB, 18 April 2020) 

·      China’s economy shrank for the first time since 1976 in first quarter (SCMP, 17 April 2020) 

·      China confronts major risk of debt crisis on the belt and road due to pandemic (The Diplomat, 16 April 2020) 

·      Coronavirus ends China’s honeymoon in Africa (Politico, 16 April 2020) 

·      Chinese debt relief: fact and fiction (The Diplomat, 15 April 2020) 

·      Taxi driver protests continue despite government relief measures (CLB, 15 April 2020) 

·      Coronavirus runs roughshod over debt-laden belt and road projects (SCMP, 15 April 2020) 

·      China’s Hidden Epidemic: Domestic Violence (The Diplomat, 6 April 2020)

·      China trade union warns against discrimination on cured COVID-19 patients (Shine, 24 March 2020)

·      IFJ urges Chinese authorities to ensure free flow of information (IFJ, 22 March 2020) 

·      Collective protests begin to flare up again as China returns to work (CLB, 20 March 2020)

·      Roughly 5 million people lost their jobs in the first 2 months of 2020 (CNBC, 17 March 2020)