Jonathan Hillman: News & Insights

Pakistan's cautionary tale of digital dependence on China

Beijing is successfully exploiting the need for connectivity in developing countries

Regrettably, the Trump administration views environmental protection as a weakness

Scandal is only latest example of dangerous lack of transparency in showcase program

Xi risks losing control of Beijing's sprawling strategic investment drive

EU and US must respond to China's growing influence at Europe's vulnerable back door

Malaysia vote highlights concerns shared by Western powers

Trains will lose money but Beijing plans to profit politically

UK right to withhold its approval until Beijing makes the rules transparent

Beijing should focus on building good infrastructure on the ground, not on extending the initiative on paper

With Beijing trip, Moon seeks BRI role and an easing of North Korea tensions

New plans to tap mineral wealth face old problems of violence, instability and corruption

How the global market for territory has evolved

Lofty ambitions of a strategic partnership are undermined by self-interests

Human and economic toll 'staggering' in low and middle-income countries

Sales pitch at EU-China summit comes amid concerns that China's Belt and Road pitch could fall short of goals

Islamabad may be attempting too much, too fast amid mounting debt problems

Expanding transport networks in Central Asia will help shape global routes