The People's Map of Global China aims to track China’s complex and rapidly changing global engagements through the Belt and Road Initiative and beyond by engaging an equally global civil society. Using an interactive, open access and online ‘map’ format, we will invite and coordinate non-governmental organisations, journalists, trade unions, academics, and the public at large to provide updated and updatable information on various dimensions of Global China in their localities. This bottom-up initiative will provide a necessary and democratic platform for the articulation of public and local voices often marginalised by political and business elites, national governments, or Northern media outlets. The information collected by this networked global civil society will be a useful resource for policy makers, academics, and international advocacy networks.

The People's Map of Global China aims to track China’s complex and rapidly changing global engagements through the Belt and Road Initiative and beyond by engaging an equally global civil society. Using an interactive, open access and online ‘map’ format, we will invite and coordinate non-governmental organisations, journalists, trade unions, academics, and the public at large to provide updated and updatable information on various dimensions of Global China in their localities. This bottom-up initiative will provide a necessary and democratic platform for the articulation of public and local voices often marginalised by political and business elites, national governments, or Northern media outlets. The information collected by this networked global civil society will be a useful resource for policy makers, academics, and international advocacy networks.