Yun Sun

A Chinese clerk counts RMB (renminbi) yuan banknotes at a bank in Nantong city, east China's Jiangsu province, 24 July 2018.China's yuan weakened against the dollar on Friday (27 July 2018), breaching the key 6.8 per dollar level, dragged lower by a weaker midpoint and fears of further depreciation amid Sino-U.S. trade tensions. Large state-run banks offering dollars in the yuan forwards market, however, helped the renminbi pare some of its earlier losses by midday, although the yuan is set for its seventh week of losses - its longest losing streak since November 2015. Major Chinese state banks were seen swapping dollars for yuan in the forwards markets as they had the previous day, two traders said. Their operations dragged one-year tenor dollar/yuan swap points down into negative territory. No Use China. No Use France.

China’s debt relief for Africa: Emerging deliberations

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Workers are seen outside a train on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kimuka, Kenya October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

China and Africa’s debt: Yes to relief, no to blanket forgiveness

Monday, April 20, 2020

Workers in protective suits repair barriers that have been built to separate residential buildings from a street in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

COVID-19, Africans’ hardships in China, and the future of Africa-China relations

Friday, April 17, 2020

Impacts and implications of the 2020 Taiwan general elections

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Senegal's President Macky Sall and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Arene Nationale du Senegal in Dakar, Senegal July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister

Unpacking the engagement of nontraditional actors in Africa: China and other emerging players

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Asia’s stability: Glancing back, looking forward

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Senegal's President Macky Sall and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Arene Nationale du Senegal in Dakar, Senegal July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister - RC1CB00541E0

One year on, the role of the China International Development Cooperation Administration remains cloudy

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 4, 2018 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Xi Jinping;Cyril Ramaphosa - RC1A54A93A00

China’s changing approach to Africa

Monday, February 4, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. Lintao Zhang/Pool via REUTERS - RC1696DECD60

The political significance of China’s latest commitments to Africa

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

If it appears that the U.S. punishes these countries and China does nothing, then no other countries in the future would have the same level of incentive to sever their diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

Yun Sun Voice of America September 10, 2018