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China has published its economic and industrial priorities for 2026–2030 without explicitly naming new energy vehicles (NEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) among the “strategic emerging fields” it wants to accelerate. This signals that carmakers will have to compete under tighter national ...
Saudi AI Startup to Ban Huawei Equipment
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Chinese-Made Weapons Used in the UAE’s Genocide in Sudan
The United Arab Emirates is reportedly funneling increasing amounts of Chinese-made weapons to its proxy Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan. The group has repeatedly been accused of staging a genocide in Sudan. A new report from the Wall ...
Trade Truce in Balance as Trump Meets ‘Tough Negotiator’ Xi
By Aurelia End with Isabel Kua in Beijing U.S. President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping opened on Thursday their first face-to-face meeting in six years, seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy. ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a lay wreath ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum during a two day state visit to Hanoi, Vietnam December 13, 2023. Vietnam is increasingly edging closer to China's model of governance, tightening state control while embracing Chinese technology and regulation. REUTERS/Thinh Nguyen
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Top Chinese Party School Official Visits Nigeria as Part of the CPC’s Africa Outreach
A top official from the Chinese Communist Party's influential Central Party School visited Nigeria last week as part of a broader effort to deepen the CPC's ties in the region. Party School Vice President Gong Weibin met with Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, head ...
Analysts Doubt Congo’s Cobalt Export Restrictions Will Do Much to Boost Prices in the Long Term
The Democratic Republic of the Congo extended a four-month export ban on cobalt exports in a bid to further constrain supply and boost prices of the critical metal that's used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries. The government hopes that by keeping additional ...
Standard Bank Becomes First African Bank to Offer China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System
China's alternative to the SWIFT international payment network is now available in Africa, following the announcement by Standard Bank, the continent's largest bank in terms of assets, as the first institution to offer the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). This is ...
China Says Aircraft Carriers Conduct Combat Training in Pacific
Two Chinese aircraft carrier groups conducted combat drills in the western Pacific Ocean, Beijing said Monday, as it honed its military capacity, unsettling some regional neighbors. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) said its Liaoning and Shandong carrier formations "recently... completed combat ...
As U.S. Focus Wavers, Xi Courts the Global South
Chinese President Xi Jinping held separate bilateral meetings with the leaders of Ecuador and Senegal on Friday in what appears to be a concerted effort by Beijing to maintain strong ties with Global South countries, even as major power diplomacy increasingly dominates Beijing's foreign policy agenda.
China Manufacturing Shrinks in June Despite Trade War Respite
China's manufacturing activity ticked up in June but remained in contraction territory, official data showed on Monday, as the truce in its trade war with the United States held. The Purchasing Managers' Index -- a key measure of industrial output -- ...