Day: February 11, 2025
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China and Brazil Build Space Laboratory
Brazil has reportedly started building a joint lab with a Chinese company to advance space technology. A spokesperson for the Chinese defense tech company China Electronics Technology Group Corp (CETC) confirmed that work has started on the China–Brazil Joint Laboratory for Radio Astronomy Technology, following an ...
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China Releases New Policy for Latin America and the Caribbean
The Chinese government released its third policy paper on Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday. It follows earlier documents issued in 2008 and 2016. The document outlines cooperation plans across a wide range of areas and reveals how China ...
China’s Digital Payment Push Gains Ground in Uzbekistan
Competition among Chinese companies in Central Asia is not limited to the electric vehicle sector or the renewable energy industry. It is equally intense in the field of digital payments, where tech giants Alipay and WeChat Pay together handle more than ninety percent of mobile transactions ...
IMF Calls for RMB Appreciation
The head of the International Monetary Fund called on China to allow the renminbi to strengthen, increase domestic consumption, and reduce its dependence on exports IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters in Beijing: “China is simply too big to generate ...
U.S., Japan Hold Joint Air Exercise After China-Russia Patrols
Japan said Thursday it held a joint air exercise with the United States in a show of force, days after Chinese-Russian patrols in the region and following weeks of diplomatic feuding between Tokyo and Beijing. The Japanese joint chiefs of staff ...
Fishermen conduct abalone management and protection operations at sea in the waters of Xiaocheng Town, Lianjiang County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, on March 14, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
"China's financial commitments are simply more tangible and easier to grasp than those of Europe," one delegate from an island state remarked to me on a bright spring day in late March, as we both gazed out at the East River from the United Nations Headquarters. Behind us, in airless ...
As U.S. Foreign Assistance Retreats, Will China Step In?
A widely shared Politico article argued on Monday that “China is quickly making moves to fill in gaps left behind by the Trump administration’s abrupt moves to almost entirely halt and wind down USAID operations worldwide, from the Indo-Pacific to South America.”
Cook Islands’ Rumored Deal with China Shakes Up New Zealand
New Zealand reiterated its concern about a trip by Mark Brown, the prime minister of the Cook Islands, to Beijing this week. He will reportedly sign a Joint Action Plan for a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China during his visit from 10 to 14 February.
Trump Slaps Sweeping 25% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Amid China Over Capacity
Donald Trump is back with his favorite economic weapon: tariffs. In a move that reopens old trade wounds, the president has imposed a sweeping 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports—no exemptions, no exceptions. On Monday, Trump signed proclamations ...