Month: September 2022
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Pakistan Stocks Up on Chinese-Made Weapons
Pakistan is reportedly planning to increase its purchases of Chinese-made J-10 CE fighter jets and VT-4 battle tanks. The move will increase Pakistan’s Chinese-made tank arsenal to 680 and its number of Chinese fighter jets to 90.
China Hits Back at Debt Criticism
China rejected this week's criticism by Brent Neiman, a top advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, about its "unconventional" approach to debt restructuring. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin cited the relative size of Chinese debt and its participation in G20 debt relief programs. ...
Vietnam-China Ties Warm Up as Trade Flows
China-Vietnam relations saw a major uptick this week, with new commitments to trade, facilitating the return of foreign students and continued work on a possible code of conduct for the South China Sea. These were some of the outcomes of a phone ...
Mapping BRI Infrastructure
China's Belt and Road Initiative is a notoriously hazy concept, and almost a decade after its launch, it can still be difficult to get one's head around. The Xavier Collaborative Research Center for Memory and Identity at the University of Saint Joseph ...
How Does the GDI Fit into China’s Global Development?’
In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2021, President Xi announced the Global Development Initiative (GDI) which outlines China’s vision to be a global leader in developmental affairs. The GDI is a wide umbrella that covers areas such as public health, poverty alleviation ...
Ecuador is the Latest Developing Country to Restructure Chinese Debt
The Ecuadorian government announced a major debt restructuring deal with China's two largest policy banks that will provide $1.4 billion of debt service relief over the next three years. President Guillermo Lasso said his administration reached an agreement this week ...
Security, Trade Top Agenda During Wang Yi’s Meeting With Gulf Ministers in New York
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Tuesday with a group of six ministers from Persian Gulf countries and the General Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, for a wide-ranging session on trade and security issues.
Day Two of Wang Yi’s Speed-Dating Diplomacy in New York
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is taking full advantage of his time in New York to cram in as many meetings with his counterparts, mostly from developing countries, as possible. Wang, who is known for this kind of fast-paced diplomacy, met ...
Chinese Horn of Africa Special Envoy Arrives in Sudan For Two Days of Talks
China's point man for diplomacy in the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing, landed in Khartoum on Tuesday for two days of talks. Shortly after he arrived, Xue met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Daffallah Al-Haj Ali. No specific ...
China’s Special Rep For Africa Wraps Up Visit to Cameroon
One of China's top diplomats for Africa, Liu Yuxi, concluded a three-day visit to Cameroon on Tuesday following talks with Chinmoun Oumaru, the Secretary General of the Ministry of External Relations. Liu, the Foreign Ministry's Special Representative for African Affairs, is currently touring the continent. Earlier, he ...
Chinese Smartphone Giant Oppo Readies For Brazil Debut
Chinese smartphone giant Oppo, the world's fourth largest, is in final preparation before launching in South America's largest consumer market. Oppo will debut its Reno 7 model next Monday as part of the kick-off. Even for a company ...
The Mystery of China’s Interest-Free Loan Cancelation: Connecting the Dots
Amid China's controversial role in debt crises from Sri Lanka to Zambia and beyond, the recent cancelation of 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries caused a lot of misunderstanding, not least because the Chinese government has still not published official lists of the countries and loans in question.