Day: September 23, 2024
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What China’s Green ‘Overcapacity’ Could Mean for the Global South
By Xie Ruohan "Overcapacity” is a word that has dominated the global political agenda this year. In an April visit to China, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen privately and publicly raised the Chinese economy’s “imbalances and overcapacity.” Yellen expressed worries that this overcapacity ...
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Taiwan President Lai to Visit Remaining Pacific Allies
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit three Pacific island nation allies from the end of this month in his first overseas trip since taking office, the presidential office said Friday. Presidential spokeswoman Karen Kuo said Lai will visit the Marshall Islands, ...
It’s Bonfire Season
The announcement of the ICC arrest warrants for Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, for “the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other ...
Reports of Possible Xi-Modi Meeting Following Border Deal
A senior Indian official announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday. It will be their first structured meeting since a 2020 border clash sent India-China ties into crisis.
Taipei Says Chinese Aircraft Carrier Group Sailed Through Taiwan Strait
By Joy Chiang and Amber Wang A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan's defense minister said, a day after Beijing held a live-fire exercise near the self-ruled island. China ...
Chile's outgoing President Gabriel Boric greets president-elect Jose Antonio Kast during an army-change-of-command ceremony, where the Commander in Chief of the Army, General Javier Iturriaga hands over the command to General Pedro Varela, in Santiago, Chile, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
A political transition is underway in Chile this week. President-elect José Kast will be sworn in on Wednesday, and Chile’s long-standing commercial relationship with China will be put to the test. Just days before the inauguration, a dispute about a Chinese submarine cable project ...
Chinese Supply Surge Pushes Cobalt Prices to Lowest Point for the Year
Prices for cobalt, a critical resource used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries, touched an eight year low on Friday before recovering a bit to close at the lowest point in 2024. The market is flooded with the blue metal due to ...
China’s Ambassador to India Provides New Signals Beijing is Seeking to De-Escalate Tensions With New Delhi
Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, issued what appears to be Beijing's latest effort to de-escalate tensions with New Delhi during a keynote address that he delivered late last week in the Indian capital. We should promote the political settlement of ...
China Urges Citizens in Israel to Leave ‘as Soon as Possible’
China has urged its citizens in Israel to leave "as soon as possible" as tensions between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah escalate. "Currently, the situation along the Israel-Lebanon border is extremely tense, with frequent military conflicts," China's embassy in ...
Xi Says Wants to Deepen BRI Cooperation With Sri Lanka Under New Leader
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road Infrastructure Initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation's new leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. Dissanayaka, a self-avowed Marxist, took his oath ...
Cambodia Has Not Tilted Away from China
By Bunthorn Khath and Chanrith Ngin When Cambodia co-sponsored the United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it was viewed as a significant shift in its foreign policy, paving the way for its