Day: April 14, 2024
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Trump, China and Africa: Key Issues
As news of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet choices trickles in, many are trying to game out what foreign policy will look like in the Trump 2.0 era. For Africa, that’s particularly tricky because Trump was largely disinterested in the continent during ...
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Latin America Pressured by Chinese Online Shops
By Paulina Abramovich Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt, and a handful of glitter stickers shipped to her front door in Santiago, Chile, all the way from China, almost 20,000 kilometers away.
Biden, Xi to Meet in Peru on Saturday: US Official
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday at the APEC summit in Peru, in what will likely be their last encounter before Donald Trump returns to the White House, US officials said. The meeting will be ...
U.S. Official Says China and Russia Blocked ASEAN Summit Statement
An unnamed U.S. official told Reuters that China and Russia rejected a joint statement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at its East Asia summit in Vientiane, Laos. The summit was dominated by tensions resulting from territorial disputes in ...
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland during flight deck operations in the Pacific Ocean. Image via the U.S. Marine Corps.
In this edition of M&M, I want to examine one of the most common claims not only in Vietnam’s foreign policy circle but also in that of the United States. The United States is a Pacific power with an extensive network of alliances and bases across the Indo-Pacific, and its exercise ...
Chinese Exports Fall More Than Feared in March
Chinese exports plunged more than expected last month, official figures showed Friday, as the world's second-largest economy struggles to sustain its post-pandemic recovery. Shipments sank 7.5 percent on-year, while imports shrank 1.9%, the General Administration of Customs said. ...
China Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over Iran Attack on Israel
Beijing expressed "deep concern" on Sunday over Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said. "China expresses deep concern over the current escalation and calls on relevant parties to exercise calm and restraint to prevent further ...
Solomon Islands Readies for Election in Shadow of China’s Influence
By Steven Trask Solomon Islanders will head to the polls this week, voting in an election that promises to bolster or blunt China's regional ambitions, with security consequences that will ripple far beyond the Pacific nation's palm-fringed shores. ...