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China’s Logink platform as an economic weapon?

In 2007, China began implementing the strategy encapsulating the new world reality that “data is the new oil“. Through the…

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Colombia is unprepared to handle the risks of Chinese tech investment

This article, co-authored with Daniel Poveda and Christian Heinze, is part of the report "Understanding China's Tech Footprint in Colombia",…

3 months ago

Dubaï, Riyad, Bogota : Comment la Chine est-elle devenue un partenaire incontournable ?

Le 12 septembre 2023, le Fondateur et Editeur-en-chef de Asia Power Watch, Nicolas Michelon, a été interviewé sur le podcast…

7 months ago

Assessing the effect of trade-based money laundering on terror financing. An Asian perspective.

Demonstrating a terrorist financing typology, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) documented a case study involving an alternative remittance system…

1 year ago

The EU strategic autonomy plan: an opportunity for Indonesia’s non-alignment policy

The European Union seems to be waking up from a 30-year geopolitical slumber with the combined Ukrainian and Covid-19 crises.…

1 year ago

The economic rationale for China’s pivot to Vietnam

There has been a lot of media coverage around the recent escalation of high-level negotiations underway between China and Vietnam.…

1 year ago

China’s LOGINK digital platform: a weapon to bring about a new economic hegemon through data control, ownership, and manipulation?

Since the article published on this website in 2021, on China's drive towards creating a global smart supply chain integration…

2 years ago

The race for energy sovereignty. The case of China’s EV strategy

According to the successive Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, transportation is a major polluter with around 7.3 billion…

2 years ago

As the global ‘Clash of civilizations’ intensifies, what is the end game?

Recently, the British PM hopeful Rishi Sunak joined the chorus of leaders blaming China for every evil in the world.…

2 years ago

Taiwan fights for its diplomatic survival in Latin America

This article was originally published in Spanish on ReporteAsia, and translated for The Diplomat. Thank you to the authors and…

2 years ago