Month: March 2025
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India Plans Mega-Dam to Counter China Water Fears
By Arunabh Saikia On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. ...
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China’s Play for Global Governance Leadership
In the weeks since Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the new Global Governance Initiative (GGI) during a speech at the SCO summit in Tianjin, Beijing's propaganda apparatus has been working overtime to build support for the new plan, particularly in Africa, ...
Congo Uses Cobalt Export Limits to Force Processing Deals With Chinese Miners
The Democratic Republic of Congo appears determined to leverage its negotiating power with Chinese and other mining companies to secure major concessions on local cobalt processing. That was the signal sent by Congolese Mines Minister Louis Watum, who said — according ...
Critical Minerals Weekly Digest: Strategic Shifts and the New Critical Minerals Landscape
This is a free preview of the upcoming Critical Minerals Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. Introduction This week’s developments signal a turning point in global ...
Iranian Experts Debate the Future of the Iran-China Relationship After the Twelve-Day War
By Theo Nencini and Veronica Turrini The Israel–Iran conflict of June 13–24, 2025 – christened the “Twelve-Day War” by U.S. President Donald Trump following his precariously brokered truce – represented the culmination of a protracted, multidimensional, and steadily escalating confrontation between Tel Aviv ...
Laborers working at the under-construction site of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project on the Dibang river, in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
By Arunabh Saikia On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. India says the proposed ...
Putin to Meet China’s Wang Yi During Moscow Visit: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet China's top diplomat Wang Yi during his visit to Moscow this week, the Kremlin said on Monday. Both Moscow and Beijing have said Wang Yi plans to hold talks with his Russian counterpart ...
Week Long Event Aims to Boost Kenya’s Trade Ties With One of China’s Largest Cities, Chongqing
He Hunghua, mayor of the sprawling industrial megacity of Chongqing in southwest China, wrapped up a week-long trade promotion visit to Kenya on Friday with more than $380 million of deals signed. Among the new agreements includes the construction of a new ...
China’s Rapid Response to Myanmar Quake Contrasts With U.S. Absence
China moved quickly this weekend to respond to the devastating earthquake in neighboring Myanmar that killed at least 1,700 people. More than 200 emergency personnel from across China along with dozens of others from Hong Kong and the Chinese Red Cross Society were ...
Ports, Power, and Politics: Behind the High-Stakes Battle Over CK Hutchison’s Panama Deal
By Alonso Illueca, CGSP Non-Resident Fellow for Latin America and the Caribbean This week, a multibillion-dollar deal was set to shift control of some 43 ports across 23 countries—but now, it’s at the center of an escalating geopolitical battle. The agreement ...
China Manufacturing Activity Grows for Second Straight Month
China's manufacturing activity grew in March for the second month in a row, official data showed Monday, as the world's second-largest economy fights to climb out of a prolonged slump. Authorities have looked in recent months to revive confidence in the ...
Strategic Sustainability: Indonesia’s Green Bet on the “BRICS Bank”
Indonesia’s decision to join the New Development Bank (NDB) under the BRICS framework presents an opportunity to accelerate its green industrial policy. As the country transitions toward a more sustainable economy, securing financing for clean energy, infrastructure, and environmentally friendly industries is paramount. NDB offers an additional ...
U.S., China Raise the Stakes in Panama Canal Ports Row
By Holmes Chan, with Luna Lin in Beijing China's fury at the sale of Panama Canal ports to a U.S.-led consortium reflects how container hubs have become prized currency as Beijing and Washington vie for global influence, analysts say.
China, South Korea and Japan Agree to Strengthen Free Trade
By Hieun Shin China, South Korea, and Japan agreed Sunday to strengthen free trade in the face of a raft of new tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The agreement came at a meeting ...
Chinese Sailors Missing off Ghana in Suspected Pirate Attack
Three Chinese nationals are missing after their vessel came under a "suspected pirate attack" off the coast of Ghana, authorities said over the weekend. The apparent kidnapping is the latest in the Gulf of Guinea, an area off the Atlantic coast ...
Cambodia’s Strategic Bet: Banking on China’s Vision for a Second Shenzhen
Cambodia is making a strategic bet by aligning itself closely with China’s economic and geopolitical vision, particularly through the "second Shenzhen" dream in Preah Sihanouk province. The Fourth Think Tank High-Level Forum, held this week in Phnom Penh and Siem ...
Q&A: Indonesia’s Nickel Strategy Benefits China, Offers Cautionary Tale for Developing Nations, Says Researcher
Indonesia controls the world’s largest nickel reserves, crucial to powering electric vehicles and fueling the global green transition. But despite its natural advantage, the country finds itself missing out on the actual industrial gains. Instead of building homegrown technological ...
China’s Xi Sends Quake Condolences to Myanmar Junta Chief
China's President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday, a day after a devastating earthquake killed at least 1,000 people. Xi "expressed deep sorrow" over the destruction and said China was "willing to provide Myanmar ...