1: Thread: Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local actors and institutions while adapting and assimilating local and traditional forms, norms, and practices. 
2: With the generous support of @FordFoundation @CarnegieEndow is developing an innovative body of research on Chinese engagement in seven regions of the world—Africa, Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, the Pacific, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
3: The initiative, #ChinaLocalGlobal, involves a mix of textured country-specific and multi-country regional research, cross-regional comparative work, and (as COVID fades) some strategic convening. carnegieendowment.org/specialproject…
4: Please return often to our new, dedicated #ChinaLocalGlobal page (linked in the last tweet of this thread) to see what we're up to. And be sure to read the first four studies that we have released—one on Latin America, two on South Asia, and one on Southeast Asia.
5: During the pandemic, argues @FranciscoUrdin, Chinese medical and equipment supplies to Chile have come from a diverse cast of Chinese players with deep local experience who adapted to Chile’s unique system of emergency and disaster management: carnegieendowment.org/2021/04/06/chi…
6: Many observers view Pakistan as a test case for China’s assertive overseas expansion plans. But sometimes, argue @KatAdeney and @FilippoBoni1, it is the Chinese players who have had to adapt to Islamabad’s realities: carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/24/how…
7: China has intensified its engagement with Pakistan by cultivating influential political elites. But the deeper story of its inroads, says Tayyab Safdar, is the diversification of ties to local stakeholders in the education, media, and energy sectors: carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/02/loc…
8: It is Philippine ruling elites, not Chinese actors, who are often the key culprits sidestepping social and environmental safeguards on infrastructure projects, argues @alvincamba. And Chinese players generally have accommodated these local demands: carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/15/how…
9: We have some incredible, nuanced, locally-informed, and detailed work coming on Chinese adaptation to local forms, norms, and practices in places as far afield as Benin, Vanuatu, Afghanistan, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Algeria, Brazil, and Israel. Check back often!
10: Here again is the dedicated page for the initiative. Keep watching for more additions: carnegieendowment.org/specialproject…
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