China’s decision to build the world’s largest hydropower dam in a seismically active region on a river that flows into India and Bangladesh sparks concerns in both countries.
How China is expanding global influence via debt trap diplomacy
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has resulted in several unsustainable debt-for-infrastructure deals in South Asia and Europe, which further Beijing’s geostrategic ambitions.
Tibet earthquake raises a big question mark on China’s Yarlung Tsangpo super dam project
Why construct the world’s biggest dam in a seismically vulnerable region that doesn’t even require the energy it will generate?
Brussels’ global infrastructure plan isn’t challenging Beijing — it’s relying on it
EU-funded projects abroad are being built by Chinese companies.
Cheap Asian motorcycles are transforming African cities
The rise of motorcycles in Africa is transforming mobility across the continent.
China sets out to develop more local oil, gas
Unconventional resources have long been a focus of attention for China’s state oil and gas majors, but developing them has been a challenge.
China is selectively bending history to suit its territorial ambitions
Beijing’s unwillingness to let go of certain claims suggests there’s more at stake than reversing past losses.
Pakistan: suicide bombing claims five Chinese nationals working on CPEC project
Another deadly attack heightens concerns for Chinese nationals working on projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Above the Dust”: Another movie destined not to be released in China
China’s acclaimed master of independent cinema risks punishment to screen his latest release at Germany’s Berlinale without approval from Chinese authorities.
Nearly one-fifth of the Mekong’s fish are at risk of extinction and the main culprits are hydroelectric dams
A new study finds the construction of hydroelectric dams on the main trunk and tributaries of the Mekong River are threatening the livelihoods and food security of millions and the survival of […]
China’s income status and the value of labels
A 2016 article predicting China would rise to high-income status in 2024 provokes too much comment given China’s current climate of economic gloom. The article was deleted but the status in question […]
Global network of Chinese websites pose as local news outlets to disseminate propaganda
Chinese websites posing as local news outlets are targeting global audiences with pro-Beijing content aimed at promoting Chinese Communist Party propaganda abroad, reveals a new report by cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab.
Canada should exit CCP leader Xi’s Imperial Bank
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank makes no sense for Canada but our continued membership speaks to China’s continuing hold over the Canadian government.
How did China corner the green energy market?
Journalist Cindy Yu joins Between the Lines host, Tom Switzer, to look at China’s dominance as a global renewables producer in tandem with its lead as the world’s biggest emitter of carbon […]
A lock on intelligence
Patricia Adams joins Global News’ Shaye Ganam to dig deeper into Canada’s role as an easy mark for manipulation by a foreign power.


