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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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U.S. Mineral-Driven Intervention in Congo Creates Fragile Peace, Chinese Commentator Says
As the United States inserted itself into Congo’s decades-long conflict, a Chinese WeChat commentator dissects the real motivations behind Washington’s diplomacy and why the so-called peace may be more fragile than it seems. Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President ...
Kenya Sees a Third Wave of Chinese Investment, Led This Time by Shandong
Over more than a decade in Kenya, the popular WeChat commentator Xiao Nie “小聂说事儿,” witnessed three waves of Chinese investment. The first came from Guangdong and Fujian, who are small-scale commodity traders. The second was led by Zhejiang entrepreneurs in manufacturing, wholesale, and e-commerce, followed by a ...
Why the U.S.-DRC Mining Deal is Bad News For China
The U.S. and the DR Congo signed a landmark deal on critical minerals during President Félix Tshisekedi's visit to the White House this week. The pact provides the U.S. with extraordinary access to the Congolese mining sector and is widely expected ...
China’s Naval Push in East Asia Alarms Taiwan and Japan
A cluster of Chinese navy ships steamed across East Asian waters on Thursday morning, part of a largest China naval deployments in East Asia. Regional officials say the armada now stretches from the Yellow Sea through the East China Sea ...
Opening scene of a popular AI-generated video uses traditional Chinese allegory to frame the war in Iran. Image cia CCTV.
China’s official position on the U.S-Israeli war against Iran has been clear to international audiences from the statements of its highest officials. But what about domestic audiences? Last week, CCTV released an AI-animated video that presents a window into how the conflict is being framed ...
China Voices Support for Arab States’ Gaza Plan
China supports an Egypt-led reconstruction plan for Gaza that would avoid the displacement of the Palestinian population. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday said: “China supports the effort by Egypt and other Arab countries to promote the continuous and effective ...
China’s Two Sessions: Takeaways for the Global South
China’s annual Two Sessions political gathering outlined new measures to signal that the CPC is targeting economic hurdles at home and new challenges from the Trump administration. China stuck to a relatively optimistic 5% GDP growth target and announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget. This comes as ...
China’s Top Diplomat to Hold Friday Press Conference
China's foreign minister Wang Yi will take questions from journalists Friday on the sidelines of the "Two Sessions" political meetings, Beijing said. The veteran diplomat will answer questions on "China's foreign policy and diplomatic relations", the press centre of Beijing's National ...
How China Can Capitalize on Indonesia’s New $900 Billion Investment Fund
China has a prime opportunity to expand its economic presence in Indonesia through the newly established Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Board (Danantara). Announced by President Prabowo Subianto, Danantara will manage $900 billion in assets, consolidating key state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into a centralized investment body. ...
Colombia Juggles Closer China Ties and Trump Tensions
By Rodrigo Rodríguez On 26 January, a diplomatic spat erupted between Colombia and the United States, as the South American country’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused to land a flight carrying Colombian citizens deported from the US. Taking to social media, Petro