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China Will Be on Everyone’s Mind When Biden Visits Angola This Week

Joe Biden boarded Air Force One late Sunday night, bound for West Africa in what will likely be the outgoing U.S. president's final overseas trip before he leaves office next month. The President will travel to Angola with a brief stopover ...

Lourenço Says He Would Not Take a Another Resource-for-Infrastructure Deal With China

Over a twenty-year period beginning in 2002, Angola borrowed a staggering $45 billion from China, accounting for a third of all Chinese lending on the continent. The Angolan government still owes Chinese creditors an estimated $17 billion and restructured a large ...

QatarEnergy Inks Gas Supply Deal for China With Shell

Qatar has agreed to supply three million tonnes of gas a year to China in a deal with London-headquartered energy giant Shell, the emirate's state energy company said on Monday. The liquefied natural gas deliveries would begin in January as part ...

China Accuses Philippine Ships of ‘Illegally Gathering’ at Disputed Reef

China on Monday said it had taken "control measures" against Philippine ships it accused of "illegally gathering" near a disputed reef in the South China Sea. "Recently, several Philippine ships... illegally gathered under the pretense of fishing in the waters near ...

Indonesia Still Does Not Recognize China’s Sea Claims: Minister

Indonesia still does not recognize Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, Foreign Minister Sugiono said Monday, seeking to dismiss concerns that a recent joint statement with China could jeopardize its sovereignty. The Southeast Asian nation sparked reactions last month as ...

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.
The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked ...

China Says Supports Syria in Efforts to Restore ‘Stability’

China on Monday said it "supports Syria's efforts to maintain national security and stability" after a shock rebel offensive saw government forces lose control of Aleppo. "China is willing to make positive efforts to prevent further deterioration of the situation in ...

“I Really Don’t Get It,” Says Top Currency Scholar in Response to Trump’s Threat to Retaliate Against a BRICS Currency

Donald Trump's threat to retaliate against BRICS countries if the bloc moves forward with a plan to introduce a new currency prompted a lot of head-scratching over the weekend among analysts, who said the president-elect's announcement was baffling. President-elect Trump was ...

Malaysia Warns Chinese Firms: Don’t Use Us to Dodge U.S. Tariffs

Malaysia urged Chinese companies to avoid using the country as a base to evade U.S. tariffs. “Over the past year or so... I have been advising many businesses from China not to invest in Malaysia if they were merely thinking ...

Philippine President Says Russian Submarine Spotted in South China Sea is ‘Worrisome’

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday described as "very worrisome" the presence of a Russian attack submarine off the country's coast in the disputed South China Sea. The UFA 490 submarine was spotted 148 kilometres west of Cape Calavite on Thursday, ...

China–India Pact a Borderline Solution

After four years of a warlike atmosphere on the disputed China–India border, Beijing and New Delhi reached an agreement to continue patrolling the border as they had been doing until 2020. Though the pact serves the strategic, economic and diplomatic interests of both sides, it only has ...