Day: October 11, 2024
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China Signals Optimism on Rebuilding Ties with India
China is beaming friendliness to its massive neighbor across the Himalayas following recent high-level meetings between Indian and Chinese officials. The newest was a discussion between Liu Jianchao, the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee, and India’s ambassador to China, Pradeep ...
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The Global South is Becoming More Central to China’s Trade
While China’s trade data this month was largely gloomy, it also reflected interesting shifts. A breakdown of the data published by the Chinese publication Guancha showed that trade with key parts of the Global South is trending upwards. For example, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is currently ...
China Will Keep Driving Global Growth: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China will keep powering global economic expansion and that the country will meet its 5% GDP growth target. The comments come a day after the CPC politburo announced the first monetary easing in fourteen years to boost ...
Asia’s Growth Faces Uncertainty Amid U.S. Policy Shifts: ADB Report
Asia's emerging economies are projected to experience the effects of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's 2025 policies, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today. East Asia may face slower GDP growth due to trade ties with China, ...
Thailand Cuts Cheap Imports from China by 20%
Thailand recorded a 20% drop in low-quality imports, mostly from China, after introducing measures to curb cheap goods that were undercutting local businesses, a government spokesperson said on Monday. Government spokesperson Sasikarn Wattanachan said the reduction followed tighter regulations and ...
A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...
Clashes on South China Sea, Ukraine Dominate Asia Summit
By Shaun Tandon and Thanaporn Promyamyai The United States and its allies clashed on Friday with Russia and China at a summit in Laos dominated by disputes on maritime claims and Ukraine. World leaders descended ...
China ‘Strongly Condemns’ Israeli Fire on UN Peacekeeper Base
China on Friday expressed "grave concern and strong condemnation" of Israeli attacks on UN peace operations after peacekeepers said Israeli forces fired on their headquarters in south Lebanon. "China expresses grave concern and strong condemnation over the Israeli Defense Forces' attack ...
Philippines Arrests Alleged Chinese Scam Farm Chain Boss
A Chinese man accused of running an extensive network of scam farms across the Philippines has been arrested, authorities in Manila said Friday. Lin Xunhan was detained in Binan City, south of Manila, late Thursday amid a government crackdown on online ...
Blinken at ASEAN Meet Condemns China’s ‘Increasingly Dangerous’ Sea Moves
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Beijing's "increasingly dangerous" actions in the South China Sea and voiced support for freedom of navigation as he met leaders of the ASEAN bloc on Friday. "We remain concerned about China's increasingly dangerous and ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Chinese Embassy Warns Citizens Against Visiting Pakistan
On Saturday, the Chinese government updated the number of its nationals evacuated from Lebanon to 215. The embassy in Beirut has not confirmed how many of its citizens remain in the country. Last week, the embassy in Tehran issued a preliminary advisory that Chinese nationals should take "precautionary ...
Judd Devermont on the State of U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa
U.S. President Joe Biden was supposed to be in Angola this week, fulfilling a pledge to visit the continent he made back at the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. But with massive hurricanes pounding the southern United States, the president was forced ...
Back to the Future: Milei’s U-turn on China
By Bruno Binetti Argentine President Javier Milei has had a change of heart regarding China. Although he was highly critical of Beijing during the electoral campaign — famously declaring he would refuse all ties with "Communists" and backing out of joining ...
Leaders of 24 Countries, UN Chief to Attend BRICS Summit: Kremlin
The leaders of 24 countries will attend this month's BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, a top Kremlin aide said Thursday. Yury Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy aide, told journalists that 24 countries will be represented "at ...
Indonesia Arrests Man Wanted for Alleged $14.1 Billion China Fraud
Indonesian authorities said on Thursday they had detained a man wanted in China over allegations he helped defraud tens of thousands of people out of about $14 billion. The man, who had been wanted by China since 2020, was detained on ...