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China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan Eye New Regional Grouping

The governments of China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are reportedly in advanced talks to establish a new regional cooperation bloc. The Pakistani newspaper Express Tribune reported that the high-level meeting held between representatives of the three countries in Kunming on 19 June mainly focused on laying a new regional ...

A Peer-to-Peer Pivot in China’s Overseas Development Finance

By Rebecca Ray In 2024, China extended $6.1 billion in 20 commitments in public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) loans, according to a new update to the China’s Overseas Development Finance (CODF) Database managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy ...

Why Did the U.S. Bomb Iran? A Chinese Commentator Argues the Real Target Was Europe

An influential geo-political commentator on WeChat, Zhan Hao, offers a provocative interpretation of recent U.S. military actions in the Middle East. The article, titled “Unexpectedly, the biggest loser from the U.S. bombing of Iran is the European Union — it’s going to be drained dry in ...

Asian Development Bank Acting on U.S. Concerns Over China, Says Bank Chief

By Ali Bekhtaoui and Nick Perry The Asian Development Bank was trying "very hard" to accommodate U.S. concerns over lending to China, the bank's president told AFP, including by slashing loans to the world's second-largest economy.

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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