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China’s Belt and Road must adapt to survive a hotter world

Jiayong Liang, Maria Adele Carrai, Xiaojiao Wang

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Cityzenship: How Are Cities - not Nations - Remapping China’s International Education and Returnees

Zhe Wang

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China’s Digital Diplomacy in Kazakhstan: A Study of Instagram Posts from 2024 to 2025

Assel G. Bitabar, Felix Chang, Sunnie Rucker-Chang

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Book

Jul 2019

Sovereignty in China: A Genealogy of a Concept since 1840

Maria Adele Carrai

This book provides a comprehensive history of the emergence and the formation of the concept of sovereignty in China from the year 1840 to the present. It contributes to broadening the history of modern China by looking at the way the notion of sover...

China
East Asia
Law
History

Cambridge University Press

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Research Brief

Feb 2026

China’s Belt and Road must adapt to survive a hotter world

Jiayong Liang, Maria Adele Carrai, Xiaojiao Wang

Originally published at Dialogue Earth https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/chinas-belt-and-road-must-adapt-to-survive-a-hotter-world/ under the Creative Commons BY NC ND licence.

MENA
Qatar
Energy
Governance and Law

Dialogue Earth (February 18, 2026)

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Article

Jan 2021

Adaptive governance along Chinese-financed BRI railroad megaprojects in East Africa

Maria Adele Carrai

As part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China is increasingly investing abroad and has become an important country for development financing. Many commentators have expressed concern that the country is defying the Western path of sustainable ...

Eastern Africa
Africa
Investment
Trade

World Development

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Book

Jul 2019

Sovereignty in China: A Genealogy of a Concept since 1840

Maria Adele Carrai

This book provides a comprehensive history of the emergence and the formation of the concept of sovereignty in China from the year 1840 to the present. It contributes to broadening the history of modern China by looking at the way the notion of sover...

China
East Asia
Law
History

Cambridge University Press

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Research Brief

Feb 2026

China’s Belt and Road must adapt to survive a hotter world

Jiayong Liang, Maria Adele Carrai, Xiaojiao Wang

Originally published at Dialogue Earth https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/chinas-belt-and-road-must-adapt-to-survive-a-hotter-world/ under the Creative Commons BY NC ND licence.

MENA
Qatar
Energy
Governance and Law

Dialogue Earth (February 18, 2026)

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