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Mounting Concern in India About Chinese Deployment of Stealth J-20 Fighter Jets Near the Border in Tibet

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Philippine Soldiers Point Weapons at China Coast Guard Patrol, Claims Chinese State Media

Chinese state media published a video on Sunday that purportedly shows at least two Filipino soldiers pointing weapons towards the crew of China Coast Guard patrol that approached the decrepit World War II-era warship ground on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.

Lots of Happy Talk, Not so Much Substance at Recent China-Arab Summit, Says Leading Scholar

The 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) closed late last week with the adoption of the "Beijing Declaration along with a two-year "execution plan" that runs through 2026. While there was a lot of ceremony surrounding the announcement ...

U.S., China, Indonesia’s Nickel Gridlock: A Perspective From Below

“Without Indonesia’s nickel, have no future in America,” declared Indonesia’s coordinating minister of maritime and investment affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Foreign Policy last month. A bold statement from Indonesia’s top minister. He blasted Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Confusing Developments in “Development”

This week I’m in Brussels, where I took part in a workshop on how the EU should shape its development strategy in response to China’s global influence.
I have joked in the past that it feels like I’ve attended this same ‘EU, Africa, and External Development Partners’ conference for ten years straight. 

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