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Australia Agrees Deal to Strengthen Solomons Police
Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China. However, as a sign of the competition it faced from ...
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Thailand called on Myanmar's military government to ensure that its planned elections next year are inclusive, reflecting regional concerns over the junta’s legitimacy and the growing influence of China in resolving the crisis. The appeal came during meetings hosted by Thailand ...
2024 Was the Year China Was Everywhere, All the Time
Every year, the team at the China-Global South Project makes a list of what we saw as the significant China-related stories of the last twelve months. This year, the task has been especially tricky. That's not because there is a lack ...
Morocco is Now a Major Hub for Chinese Investment in Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping surprised a lot of people last month when he made an unannounced stopover in Morocco on his way home from the G20 summit in Brazil. The North African country doesn't often come to mind when considering China's ...
China-India Border Détente Unlikely to Reduce Turbulence in Bilateral Relations
In October 2024, after nearly four years of diplomatic parleys, India and China reached an agreement on multiple border posts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two countries. The agreement allows the disengagement of troops from the ...
File image of a worker cleaning solar panels installed on the roof of the traditional Gedhe market in Klaten, Central Java. China’s $180 billion clean tech push is reshaping the Global South, with Indonesia a key test of who controls new green industries. (Photo: DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks to fracking.
Solomon Islands Readies for Post-Election Bartering With China in View
Political leaders in the Solomon Islands began trickling into the capital from far-flung villages on Saturday, preparing for post-election coalition negotiations that could alter China's fate in the Pacific nation. Incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare -- one of China's most steadfast ...
China Says AUKUS Risks Nuclear Proliferation in Pacific
China's foreign minister on Saturday accused Western powers in the AUKUS security pact of provoking division and risking nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific. On a weekend visit to strengthen Beijing's ties with Papua New Guinea, Foreign Minister Wang Yi lashed ...