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WEEK IN REVIEW: Foreign Minister Wang Yi Said China Willing To “Play a Constructive Role” at Upcoming APEC Summit in November

$1.3 Billion Chinese Investment in Zambian Copper Sector as EU Readies Competing Deal

Climate Graph of the Day: After a Rapid Increase, China’s Oil Demand May Have Peaked

A Debt Deal for Sri Lanka Without China?

Revealed: The Issues Complicating a Key Belt and Road Project in Pakistan

China, Philippines Tensions Surge After Manila Removes Barrier in South China Sea

China’s Top Diplomat to New Delhi Calls for “Friendly Coexistence” With India

China-Backed AIIB Admits Three New Members, Announces New Climate Finance Initiative

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Running Into BRICS Walls: Enlargement Won’t Help BRICS Establish a New World Order

From left: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph, at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. ALET PRETORIUS / POOL / AFP
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By Felix Brender 王哲謙 The BRICS bloc’s announcement to open its doors to new members has triggered considerable coverage and commentary suggesting the BRICS are setting themselves up to establish a new global order as an alternative to Western dominance, economic woes across BRICS and China in ...
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Africa

$1.3 Billion Chinese Investment in Zambian Copper Sector as EU Readies Competing Deal

After Siding With the West, Liberia is Now Aligned With China on Sensitive Territorial Issues

Chinese Contractor Pledges to Complete Nigerian Capital’s Light Rail in Eight Months

Mideast

The West’s Answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative is Already Encountering Resistance… From Turkey

$23 Billion of Deals Signed at China-Arab Trade Fair

Kuwait’s Crown Prince Heads to China

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Wants to Lead the Effort to Curtail China’s Growing Influence in Latin America

G77 Gathering Reinforces the Talking Points of China’s Global South Diplomacy

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Arrived in Beijing on a High-Speed Train

Asia

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U.S.-China

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Belt and Road

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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Indian External Affairs Minister, India

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Translation: Why Some Chinese Men in Africa Prefer Not to Return Home

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China’s Wuling Electrifies Indonesia’s EV Market, but Can the Spark Last?
Mangrove Conservation Can Protect Thailand From Sino-Thai BRI’s Ecological Impacts
Mangrove Conservation Can Protect Thailand From Sino-Thai BRI’s Ecological Impacts
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West’s Delays in Financing Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Provides New Opening for China
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Days After Meeting Biden, Vietnam PM Calls for Closer Ties With China
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ASEAN Knocks On The West’s Doors While Keeping China Close Amid Territorial Flare-Ups

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