Her reporting shows that gender inequality has much wider consequences than some might think: «Gender inequality
fuels social instability, crime, and local conflict [and] women's subordination is substantially enforced by their exclusion from the money system.»
The government has developed many environmental and
social guidelines that are soft and non-binding, she explained, adding that, even as China has pursued green investments, many of its BRI projects are oil and gas - focused, leading to greater fossil
fuel development, and potentially greater greenhouse gas emissions and climate
instability.