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Pressure Increases on Panama Ports Deal

Both China and the United States are ramping up pressure around the mooted sale of two ports in Panama owned by the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison to a consortium led by the U.S. investor BlackRock. Uncertainty around the deal rose this weekend when Trump posted a demand ...

China Further Shifts Agricultural Trade to South America in Tariff Standoff

Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China's food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said China has sufficiently diversified its imports that a freeze in U.S. ...

China to Lagos: Localizing EV Production in Nigeria

In Nigeria, few financial institutions are willing to partner with potential new vehicle buyers, including those interested in owning electric vehicles (EVs). This then raises the question of how Nigerians will manage to own their ...

Pressure Increases on Panama Ports Deal

Both China and the United States are ramping up pressure around the mooted sale of two ports in Panama owned by the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison to a consortium led by the U.S. investor BlackRock. Uncertainty around the deal rose this weekend when Trump posted a demand ...

Pressure Increases on Panama Ports Deal

Both China and the United States are ramping up pressure around the mooted sale of two ports in Panama owned by the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison to a consortium led by the U.S. investor BlackRock. Uncertainty around the deal rose this weekend when Trump posted a demand ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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China Deploys Army of Fake NGOs at UN to Intimidate Critics: Media Probe

By Nina Larson China is deploying a growing army of organisations masquerading as NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists at the UN, a new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium said on Monday. Dubbed ...

Syria FM Says Wants to ‘Strengthen Relations’ With China

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani expressed on Monday his government's willingness to build a "strategic partnership" with China, a key backer of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad. A foreign ministry statement said that Shaibani met with the Chinese ambassador to the United ...

Trump Trade War Dominates BRICS Meeting in Brazil

By Lucia LACURCIA The foreign ministers of Brazil, China, Russia and other BRICS members began two days of talks in Rio de Janeiro Monday aimed at forging a united front to U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies. ...

China Deploys Army of Fake NGOs at UN to Intimidate Critics: Media Probe

Cambodian soldiers travel on a speedboat near a Chinese warship docked at the Ream Naval Base in Preah Sihanouk province on April 5, 2025. Vietnam has raised objections to the ongoing “Golden Dragon 2025” joint military exercises between China and Cambodia,

China Deploys Army of Fake NGOs at UN to Intimidate Critics: Media Probe

By Nina Larson China is deploying a growing army of organisations masquerading as NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists at the UN, a new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium said on Monday. Dubbed ...

Syria FM Says Wants to ‘Strengthen Relations’ With China

Vietnam Coast Guard on August 9, 2024. Ted ALJIBE / AFP