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    James Kynge

    Global China editor

    James Kynge is global China editor. He writes about China's interactions - geopolitical, technological, economic and in other fields - with the outside world. He is the recipient of several awards for journalism and his 2009 book, 'China Shakes the World' was a bestseller translated into 19 languages.
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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Chinese society
      Friendly foreign influencers win growing following in China

      New report finds social media stars speaking up for Beijing against critical overseas narratives

      Montage shows three foreign social media influencers
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      David Cameron
      How David Cameron tried to make his fortune with cash from China

      Former prime minister, now the UK’s top diplomat, sought hundreds of millions of dollars from CIC for his UK-China fund

      David Cameron
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      InterviewBelt and Road Initiative11 min
      Has China's Belt and Road Initiative been a success?

      The Overseas Development Institute's Yunnan Chen explains her view to the FT's James Kynge

      China and the world BRI - success or failure?
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      The Big Read
      Ten years of China’s Belt and Road: what has $1tn achieved?

      The massive infrastructure initiative has granted Beijing additional influence, but critics question whether the cost has been worth it

    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Vanguard Group Inc
      Vanguard funds invest in China military groups, report says

      US lobby group finds asset manager channels money to companies sanctioned by Washington

      Members of the Peoples Liberation Army band in Beijing’s Great Hall of People
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      The Big Read
      A reboot of the World Bank and IMF tests US influence

      Biden’s plan to revitalise the two institutions is partly aimed at countering China’s growing sway among developing nations

      Montage image of Word Bank and IMF logos, along with dollar and renminbi notes
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese TV presenter linked to missing foreign minister had surrogate child in US

      Beijing is examining the relationship between Fu Xiaotian and Qin Gang, who was abruptly dismissed in July

      Fu Xiaotian, a Chinese state television presenter
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
      ‘China’s World Bank’ plans to triple climate change lending by 2030

      Top priority will account for more than half of new financing at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

      A solar panel is installed next to rice paddies in Thailand
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Person in the News
      Kim Jong Un: a dictator poised for an arms deal with Putin

      The North Korean leader’s growing alignment with Moscow raises the risks of instability in an already dangerous region

      Joe Cummings illustration of Kim Jong Un holding a missile wrapped as a gift, with Vladimir Putin stretching out a hand behind him
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Global InsightGeopolitics
      China hopes expanded Brics will turn world upside down

      The size of proposed 11-country grouping would put G7 in the shade

      Xi Jinping wearing an earpiece with the flag of China on the table in front of him
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      The rise of the middle powers
      China capitalises on US sanctions in fight to dethrone dollar

      Beijing uses developing world chagrin over Washington’s weaponisation of greenback to push global renminbi

      A montage of a globe, with its spherical object replaced by China’s national emblem, impressed on renminbi and dollar bills and a world map illustration
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      The rise of the middle powers
      China’s blueprint for an alternative world order

      Beijing is using its economic muscle to rally developing countries and reduce the west’s influence over the UN

    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Geopolitics
      China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7

      Leaders from bloc of developing economies will gather this week to debate expansion

    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China has fallen into a psycho-political funk

      Fragile consumer confidence is just one sign of a malaise that is not merely economic

      Shoppers pass food stalls at a night market in China
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      ReviewBooks
      Sovereign Funds — Zongyuan Zoe Liu on how Chinese money talks

      The story of the China Investment Corporation reveals the secret world of state money and how the country finances its global ambitions

      Two people walk past a wall with pictures of building projects
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Person in the News
      Wang Yi, the return of China’s tough foreign minister

      After Qin Gang’s mysterious disappearance, Xi’s trusted old hand finds himself with even more to do

      Illustration of Wang Yi putting on his blazer with a lanyard round his neck reading ‘Wang Yi, Foreign Minister. On a coatstand in the background is another blazer and a lanyard reading ‘Qin Gang, Foreign Minister
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Xi warned Putin against nuclear attack in Ukraine

      Chinese officials privately take credit for convincing Russian leader to back down from veiled atomic threats

      Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin shake hands
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Early measures focus on alleviating Nigeria’s debt stress

      New administration wants prospects for economic growth on firmer footing

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Digital pathway aims at guiding Nigerian farmers out of isolation

      Improved business methods expand horizons beyond subsistence level

      A farmer picks up cocoa beans while spreading them to dry on an open ground in Iragbiji village, southwest Nigeria
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      China affords Nigeria ‘super’ target status

      Activities give sense of the importance Chinese companies in several sectors attach to country’s potential

      Website of African fintech company OPay on iPhone
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      In Nigeria the optimism of Lagos start-up scene prevails

      Entrepreneurs show much can be achieved with relatively small investments

      medical technician getting a blood sample from a patient at home
    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Sovereign debt
      Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

      Beijing’s loans to Sudan at risk as Chinese lenders hit by series of defaults across continent

      Chinese workers on a construction site
    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Chinese investment in Europe falls as watchdogs increase scrutiny

      Regulators stymied 10 out of 16 proposed Chinese deals in Europe’s tech and infrastructure sector, study finds

      An employee of Infineon Technologies works in a clean room at the company’s plant in Dresden, Germany
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
      China seeks ‘damage control’ on Ukraine with Zelenskyy call

      Presidential talks aim to ensure Beijing has role in postwar settlement, say experts

      Montage of Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      FT SeriesDebt deadlock
      China hit by surge in Belt and Road bad loans

      Global finance scheme becomes millstone for Beijing as $78bn renegotiated or written off in past 3 years

      Xi Jinping montage with worker and machinery
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