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Prabowo Reaffirms One-China Principle in Wang Huning’s Indonesia Visit
China’s top political adviser Wang Huning landed in Jakarta Wednesday to Thursday, aiming to ensure Indonesia remains publicly aligned with Beijing on Taiwan and open to deeper economic cooperation in the years ahead. Two days of meetings delivered pledges and polite applause, but no fresh deals.
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Kenya Sees a Third Wave of Chinese Investment, Led This Time by Shandong
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Why the U.S.-DRC Mining Deal is Bad News For China
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China’s Naval Push in East Asia Alarms Taiwan and Japan
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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland during flight deck operations in the Pacific Ocean. Image via the U.S. Marine Corps.
In this edition of M&M, I want to examine one of the most common claims not only in Vietnam’s foreign policy circle but also in that of the United States. The United States is a Pacific power with an extensive network of alliances and bases across the Indo-Pacific, and its exercise ...
China’s Xi Hails Thailand’s ‘Strong’ Action Against Scam Centres
Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday for the "strong measures" her country has taken against scam centers targeting Chinese people. Scam compounds have mushroomed along the Thai-Myanmar borderlands, staffed by trafficked foreigners who are ...
Xi: China and Thailand Should “Deepen” Relationship to Face Global Uncertainty
Chinese President Xi Jinping framed the intensification of Beijing’s relationship with Thailand as a joint buffer against global disruption. Following his meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, he said: "In the face of unprecedented changes not seen for 100 years, China and Thailand should deepen mutual ...
The Birth of a China-Centric Trade World
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Nigeria’s Lithium Boom: Chinese Buyers, Local Struggles, and a Global Race
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In Freezing Foreign Aid, the U.S. Leaves People to Die – and Allows China to Come to the Rescue
By Melissa Conley Tyler One of the executive orders U.S. President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in U.S. foreign development assistance. The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, ...