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Beijing Court Orders Compensation for Eight MH370 Passengers
A Beijing court has ordered compensation for some families of Chinese passengers who vanished on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The rulings are the first clear decisions in lawsuits that have dragged on for nearly 12 years. The Chaoyang District People’s ...
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Shenzhen-based Transsion Holdings, the longtime dominant cell phone maker in Africa and other developing regions, filed an application last week with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for a secondary listing. The company already trades on the tech-heavy Shanghai STAR market with ...
China Presses Its Global Security Vision in Africa With High-Level AU Briefing
The Chinese government is ramping up promotion of its Global Security Initiative to key stakeholders in Africa. Last week, the Foreign Ministry organized a briefing seminar on the GSI at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa for senior-level AU and UN officials.
Kidnapping of Chinese Road Builders in Nigeria Underscores Rising Security Fears
Reports are coming out from Western Nigeria that two Chinese nationals supervising the construction of a 130km road project near the border with Benin were kidnapped by bandits. The incident took place last Monday, but news of the attack only ...
China’s Aerial Confrontations With Japan and Philippines Stoke Regional Anxiety Amid U.S. Silence
Tensions surged over the weekend after two dangerous mid-air confrontations between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets and another with a Philippine aircraft over disputed territory in the South China Sea. Tokyo and Beijing on Monday sought to portray the other ...
A worker at Sunripe factory in Limuru Town, Kiambu County, Kenya, arranges avocados on August 2, 2022. Image via Xinhua.
There's been a lot of excitement this week in anticipation of tomorrow's start of duty-free access into the Chinese market for 53 African countries. By any measure, this is a big deal, particularly in this new protectionist era when more trade walls are going up then coming down. ...
Pakistani Army Chief Rejects China Allegations
The head of Pakistan's army, Field Marshal Asim Munir, rejected comments by a senior Indian defense official that Pakistan received active support from China in its recent conflict with India. On Friday, the deputy chief of the Indian army, Lieutenant ...
China and Brazil Sign Nuclear, AI Agreements
Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a raft of bilateral cooperation agreements on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro. They include a letter of intent between Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy and China General Nuclear ...
BRICS Announces Numerous New Initiatives
The BRICS group wrapped up its two-day leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The summit’s final communique is a 16,000-word doorstop that covers numerous issues from economics to education. The communique avoids any direct mention of the United States, and ...
China Denies Rafale Smear, France Points Finger, Indonesia Silent
China has forcefully denied allegations from France that it mounted a coordinated campaign to undermine and sabotage sales of France’s Rafale fighter jet, pushing back against claims made by French intelligence that Beijing used its embassies and online influence to steer countries like Indonesia toward Chinese-made alternatives ...
China Says Australian PM Albanese to Visit This Week
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will begin a six-day visit to China on Saturday, his office and Beijing said. China lifted a ban on Australian rock lobster in December, the last barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war that erupted under ...
Asia Number One Target of Trump’s Tariff Letters
Donald Trump sent letters to 14 countries, mainly in Asia, informing them that higher import tariffs will come into effect on August 1 unless they reach a deal with the United States. It is the second time the U.S. president has ...
Inside China’s Power Play: Understanding the Institutions Behind Africa’s Energy Projects
China’s role in African power generation is substantial. Chinese-backed projects account for approximately 23 GW of installed generation capacity across at least 27 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa – nearly 20 percent of the region’s total. This footprint reflects more than just a financial commitment; it signals ...
Indonesia’s Over-Reliance on China is a Warning for Other Global South Countries
Indonesia thought it was building a future. Instead, it built someone else’s supply chain. Last month, China imposed a 20% anti-dumping tariff on stainless steel from Indonesia, accusing Jakarta of undercutting prices and threatening Chinese producers. The penalty will remain ...
After the Revolution, Bangladesh Warms to China as India Fumes
By Sheikh Sabiha Alam with Arunabh Saikia in New Delhi Protests in Bangladesh that toppled the government last year triggered a diplomatic pivot, with Dhaka warming towards China after neighboring India was angered by the ousting of its old ally Sheikh ...
Rubio to Attend ASEAN Meeting in First Asia Trip
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first trip to Asia since taking up his post, traveling this week to Malaysia for meetings with ASEAN counterparts, his office said Monday. The trip, starting Tuesday, will see Rubio, who is ...
Emirates Launches New Service to Shenzhen, First New Route to China in Nearly a Decade
Emirates, the flagship carrier of the United Arab Emirates, last week began daily service between Dubai and Shenzhen, the southern Chinese technology hub. The route marks the airline’s first new destination in China in nearly a decade. Next month, Emirates is ...