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23 April 2020

Russia and Saudi Arabia top Belt and Road Investments – Refinitiv BRI Database
According to Refinitiv, providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, there is currently $3.16 trillion worth of active BRI projects that will require billions of dollars of financing, from Chinese State-Owned Entreprises (SOEs), but also from other countries.
28 January 2020

Brazilian solar attracts Chinese investors
Chinese companies like JinkoSolar and BYD are rapidly increasing their solar module manufacturing capacity in Brazil, despite the anti-environmental stance of President Jair Bolsonaro, with a range of Brazilian state organisations and regulators supporting the renewable energy boom that looks set to revolutionise power production in South America’s biggest country.
17 December 2019

Portugal resists US pressure to put Huawei offside
Portugal is the latest in a string of countries that the US has pushed to not partner with Chinese tech company Huawei for next-generation 5G networks. But Portugal, a NATO ally, refuses to put Huawei offside.
07 March 2019

US brings dispute with Huawei and other Chinese tech companies to Portugal
Portugal´s European partners and the US have been restless with the country´s ever closer ties to China, and what until now was discrete, behind the curtain lobbying, has turned to public opposition and veiled threats.
14 February 2019

Lisbon targets the ‘New Space’ economy
The government of Portugal has announced that it will proceed with plans for a space port on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores. Named the Atlantic International Satellite Launch Programme (AISLP), it will be used to launch small satellites into space, as Lisbon attempts to make use of its geographical advantages to host the project. A separate space sector cooperation agreement between China and Portugal could encourage Chinese companies to make use of the new facility.
19 July 2018

Guangzhou to become a centre for technology innovation in China
As Guangzhou intensifies its coordinated efforts to establish itself as the centre for technology innovation in China, it also moves into a leadership position in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area initiative, a major national project taking shape in the coming decades.
11 March 2018

The rise of African web entrepreneurs
Since China became Africa’s largest trading partner in 2009, trade has continued to climb, helped by cooperative frameworks put in place by the Chinese government and its African counterparts such as Angola and Mozambique.
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