Day: October 16, 2024
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Nigerian Shoppers Succomb to Massive Temu Marketing Blitz
Chinese online retailer Temu is now the most downloaded app on both the Android and Apple stores in Nigeria thanks to a massive marketing campaign that has blanketed the West African country with promotions for low-cost products imported directly from China.
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Trump Expected to Renew Focus on China in Africa But Experts Say It Will Tougher Today Than It Was the First Time
The foreign policy and national security teams that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated are far more hawkish towards China than his previous administration was, prompting speculation by leading experts that Washington's approach to Africa will focus primarily on countering Beijing's influence on the continent.
Ghana’s Newly-elected President Wants to Quickly Resume Chinese-backed Infrastructure Development
Ghanaian President-elect John Dramani Mahama met with Chinese Ambassador Tong Defa on Friday and expressed hope that once the West African country emerged from the ongoing debt restructuring process that Beijing will resume infrastructure development support. “Once the transition is completed, Ghana ...
Wang Yi Issues First Comments on Syria Since Assad’s Fall
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made his first public remarks about the crisis in Syria on Friday, calling for a coordinated response to help civilians who have been displaced following the rebel assault that toppled the longtime dictator earlier this month. ...
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
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China Urges Middle East De-Escalation in Series of Diplomatic Calls
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi conducted separate phone calls to counterparts in Israel and Iran this week. His call to his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz on Monday was reportedly the first time he had spoken with an Israeli official since last year. ...
Satellite Image Sparks Rumors of New Chinese Settlement Along Indian Border
Indian media outlets are speculating that China built a new settlement about 38 kilometers from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) the country's border with China. The purported settlement is on the northern shore of Pangong Tso Lake, the site of ...
China Pledges Upgraded CPEC Cooperation, Calls for Improved Security in Pakistan
Chinese Premier Li Qiang signed thirteen cooperation agreements with Pakistan, including currency swaps, trade agreements, and an upgrade of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a prominent Belt and Road Initiative project. A joint statement released today expanded on the cooperation:
Sri Lanka Arrests Over 230 Chinese in Cybercrime Raids
Sri Lankan police have arrested over 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, with help from security officials sent by Beijing. Vijitha Herath said police raids over the past week had ...
U.S., Philippines Launch War Games After China’s Taiwan Drills, Ship Collision
Thousands of US and Filipino troops launched joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday after China held huge drills around Taiwan and a Chinese vessel collided with a Filipino patrol boat. The annual Kamandag, or Venom, exercises are ...
Myanmar Armed Group Claims Captured Another Town on China Highway
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed group have seized another town on a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the embattled junta. Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since June ...