Day: June 4, 2025
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China’s Xi at Center of World Stage After Days of High-Level Hobnobbing
By Rebecca Bailey Two blockbuster events in China this week were a successful exposition of President Xi Jinping's vision of a new world order -- one that puts him and his country firmly at its center while sidelining his rival, the ...
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China’s Small State Diplomacy Strategy in Latin America
While most of the world's attention at this week's Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin was on Xi Jinping's meetings with leaders from the big powers, namely India and Russia, the Chinese President also spent considerable time with heads of state ...
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with China's President Xi Jinping and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Photo by Sergey Bobylev / POOL / AFP)
In terms of geopolitical optics, this week was nothing short of a banquet. It served up at least two sets of images that seem to crystallize our historical moment and that will live on in the Wikipedia of history as shorthand for where the world was in 2025. ...
New Corridor, New Strategy: China’s Bi-Oceanic Railway and Latin America’s Trade Route Battleground
A series of geopolitical pressures is forcing China to rethink its approach to Latin America’s strategic waterways. Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office, Washington has stepped up efforts to curtail Chinese influence in the Panama Canal, a vital artery for global trade and military logistics. ...
After Trump Cut Funding for Energy Transitions Overseas, Could China Step In?
By Zhou Xiaozhu On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. That was followed by a termination of U.S. funding pledged during the Biden ...
U.S. Demands That Vietnam Cut Trade with China
The United States reportedly sent a “long” list of “tough” requests to Vietnamese trade negotiators as a prerequisite for a trade deal. The demands include reducing its imports of Chinese-made industrial components and reshaping its supply chains to exclude China. The ...
Chinese Lithium Investors in Zimbabwe Raise Critical Concerns for Policymakers
Since 2021, Zimbabwe’s lithium sector has attracted over $1.2 billion in investments, generating more than 5,000 jobs and positioning the country as a key player in the global lithium value chain. Chinese lithium mining giants, including Bikita Minerals, Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ), Sabi Star, and Kamativi Mining ...
A Chinese Scholar Uncovers Cuba’s Chinese Migrant Past
When the U.S. Prohibition Act (1920–1933) banned alcohol, it unexpectedly turned Cuba into a vice paradise—and reshaped the destiny of Chinese migrants fleeing America’s anti-Chinese racism. As thirsty Americans flooded Havana’s bars and casinos, the island’s economy boomed. Meanwhile, the Chinese ...
Chinese Community Alarmed as Ex-Worker Kills Boss in Zambia – Latest in Disturbing Trend
In a crime that exposes the deadly risks of insider betrayal, Chinese farm owner Zhai Jianfeng was killed on May 29 in a meticulously planned robbery carried out, in part, by his own current and former employees, African Chinese Weekly reported. The attack, which unfolded at ...
Kenya or Tanzania? Chinese Investors in Africa Face a Clear Choice
For Chinese entrepreneurs eyeing East Africa, one question looms large: Tanzania or Kenya? Longtime Africa WeChat commentator Xiao Nie (小聂说事儿), who spent 3 years in Tanzania and 11 years in Kenya, cuts through the debate with a vivid analogy: “Tanzania is East Africa’s factory floor; Kenya ...