Day: July 15, 2024
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Indonesia’s energy transition strategy has sparked debate after conflicting statements from top officials about the future of coal power. While President Prabowo Subianto recently announced, at the G20 summit in Brazil, an ambitious plan to cease all coal and fossil fuel ...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: India, China Patrol Disputed Areas Post-Deal
China firmly rejected the Philippines' maritime claims in the South China Sea on Sunday, posting new territorial boundaries that include the contested Scarborough Shoal. The Foreign Ministry's announcement came two days after President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. signed two laws demarcating Manila's maritime claims. (REUTERS)
Xi Inaugurates South America’s First Chinese-Funded Port in Peru
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inaugurated Latin America's first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru -- a symbol of the Asian superpower's growing influence on the continent as it prepares to face off with a new Donald Trump administration. The $3.5-billion ...
U.S. Urges Vigilance on Chinese Investment as Xi Opens Peru Port
The United States on Thursday called on Latin American nations to be vigilant about Chinese investment as President Xi Jinping inaugurated a major port in Peru. Xi, in Peru alongside US President Joe Biden for the APEC summit, was opening 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.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio Wants to Use Massive Tariffs to Unseat China’s Dominance in Critical Resources
U.S. Senator and Republican party vice presidential hopeful Marco Rubio submitted legislation this month that aims to break China's current control of critical mineral supply chains with punishing tariffs up to 800%. Rubio's Critical Mineral Supply Chain Realignment Act of 2024 calls ...
New Chinese Trade Data Reveals Growing Importance of Global South Amid Mounting Tensions With U.S., EU
China registered a record $99 billion trade surplus in June, adding to concerns that Beijing is leaning on exports to try and pull itself out of an economic slump. While the flood of low-cost Chinese-made products is good news for consumers, ...
China, Russia Conduct Joint Pacific Military Patrol
China and Russia conducted a joint naval patrol in the northern and western Pacific, Beijing's defense ministry said Sunday. The ministry added that the exercise was not "targeted" at any other nation. The two countries have drawn closer in recent years ...