Day: April 5, 2023

The Countries Bailed Out By China A new report published by the AidData research lab at Virginia’s College of William & Mary sheds some light on the usually nontransparent practice of Chinese bilateral emergency loans.  As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, the researchers that also hail from the World Bank, Harvard University and the Kiel Institute for the…

Saudi Arabia Makes Its Eurasian Shift Authored by Agha Hussain via The Cradle, Saudi Arabia’s recent reconciliations with Iran and Syria under Chinese-Russian guidance is perceived as a step toward reducing Riyadh’s dependence on the US, while also advancing Beijing and Moscow’s political and economic influence in West Asia. On 6 March, 2023, Iranian and…