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A post by longtime Africa WeChat commentator Xiao Nie (小聂说事儿) is sparking a lot of discussion in Chinese development circles about the current conditions facing Chinese expatriates in Africa. Xiao Nie is well-known for his blunt "tell it like it is" writing style, which he's picked up ...
North-South Trade Tensions Mark the Opening of a Gloomy COP29
The UN’s COP29 climate summit opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday. The first day was derailed by agenda negotiations following a request by China and the rest of the BASIC negotiating group (Brazil, South Africa, and India) for talks on carbon border taxes and other environmentally-minded trade restrictions. ...
Indonesia’s Maritime Development Deal With China Raises Questions
Saturday’s joint statement between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Chinese President Xi Jinping for the joint development of areas in the South China Sea with overlapping claims raised fears that Jakarta is weakening its own position in the adjacent Natuna Sea as well as wider regional stability. ...
Gauging the Impact of a Second Trump Presidency on U.S.-China Relations in the Middle East
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has already indicated that the Middle East is going to be a central focus of his second term's foreign policy. He's already named Elise Stefanik, a fiercely pro-Israel lawmaker, to be his ambassador at the United Nations ...
Peru’s Chancay: China’s Megaport of Entry to South America
Huge cranes loom over Peru's massive new Chinese-funded Chancay port, a symbol of Beijing's growing influence in South America, which is set to be inaugurated by President Xi Jinping on Thursday. "It's nearly ready," Gonzalo Rios, deputy general manager of the ...
Angola’s Big Bet on Biden Now Risks Backfiring
Pity poor Angola. President João Lourenço placed a multimillion-dollar bet on hiring expensive Washington, D.C. lobbying firms to put his southern African country on the U.S. agenda. Whatever they did worked because, over the past several years, Angola seemingly became the ...
[Seminar] Kompetisi Energi Baru: Jejak Industri China pada Nikel Indonesia
Tanggal: 15 Nopember, 2024 Waktu: 10:00-11:15 (WIB) Lokasi: Virtual (Zoom, Publik) Daftar disini: https://tinyurl.com/CGSPNikel ...
To Speed Up Coal Plant Retirement, Policymakers Need to Better Understand the Costs and Benefits
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Kevin P. Gallagher Coal-fired power plants will have to be rapidly phased down to meet the Paris Agreement targets and avoid the catastrophic costs of inaction on climate change. At ...
Ambassador Urges Ghanaian Media to Improve Coverage of Chinese Expatriate Community
China's new ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, urged local media to avoid simplistic reporting about the Chinese community and called on reporters to resist taking the actions of a few to represent all Chinese in the country. In a visit ...
Even CMOC is Now Worried About the Rock Bottom Price of Cobalt
For much of the past two years, Chinese mining giant CMOC Group Ltd. has been producing vast quantities of cobalt from its enormous mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company's producing so much of the blue metal that it ...
China Champions ‘Small and Beautiful’ Projects in Africa, Rejects Debt Talks at COP29
As global leaders gather for COP29, China has made clear its opposition to introducing debt discussions into the climate agenda while also showcasing the successes of its small and beautiful projects in African countries. In “China's Policies and Actions ...
Brazil’s Non-Signing on to China’s BRI: Much Ado About Nothing?
By Jorge Heine Amazingly, a subject as obscure as whether a Latin American country would sign on to a particular Chinese international cooperation program made headlines around the world these days. “Brazil becomes the second country after India not to join ...