Erica Downs

Erica Downs in a fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution.

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Mission Mostly Accomplished: China’s Energy Trade and Investment Along the Silk Road Economic Belt

03.19.2015 Erica Downs

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s efforts to build the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB)—a network of transportation infrastructure across Eurasia—are unlikely to drive a step change...

Publication China Brief Central Asia

Business and Politics in the South China Sea: Explaining HYSY 981’s Foray into Disputed Waters

06.19.2014 Erica Downs

At 9:00 A.M. on May 9, 2012, Chinese executives and government officials gathered at the headquarters of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to celebrate...

Publication China Brief China