Jon (Yuan) Jiang

Jon (Yuan) Jiang is a Chinese PhD student in the Digital Media Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology, focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative. He completed his master’s degree of political science at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and bachelor’s degree of law at Shanghai University. As a Russian speaker, he worked with ZTE Corporation as an account manager, and as a special correspondent with Asia Weekly and Pengpai News, all in Moscow. He tweets at @jiangyuan528

Jon (Yuan)'s recent articles

The continuing mystery of the Belt and Road Initiative

It has been almost eight years yet enormous issues remain around the Belt and Road Initiative. Beijing knows them all but, with face saving widely recognized as the imperative of its foreign policy, prefers not to disclose them publicly. In fact, the BRI is not and never has been a strategy, but is an assemblage of constantly changing policy settings.

The strategic thinking behind the EU-China investment deal

Washington was understandably perplexed that a China-EU investment agreement was concluded a few weeks before the Biden administration, especially a president who has been advocating for multilateralism and the restoration of trust and an alliance with the EU.

The case for Australia keeping Victorias Belt and Road deal

While the dust of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrisons overreaction to a satirical image tweeted by a Chinese diplomat and subsequent rhetorical clashes with Beijing has yet to settle, another much more pressing challenge has been put on Morrisons desk.

When Canberra ponders Beijing, Beijing may wonder the same

When some elements within Canberra express their dislike for Beijing subtly and hazard a guess at Beijings next step, Beijing may see Canberras China Policy as being bizarre.