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China and Brazil Build Space Laboratory
Brazil has reportedly started building a joint lab with a Chinese company to advance space technology. A spokesperson for the Chinese defense tech company China Electronics Technology Group Corp (CETC) confirmed that work has started on the China–Brazil Joint Laboratory for Radio Astronomy Technology, following an ...
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The Chinese government released its third policy paper on Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday. It follows earlier documents issued in 2008 and 2016. The document outlines cooperation plans across a wide range of areas and reveals how China ...
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IMF Calls for RMB Appreciation
The head of the International Monetary Fund called on China to allow the renminbi to strengthen, increase domestic consumption, and reduce its dependence on exports IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters in Beijing: “China is simply too big to generate ...
U.S., Japan Hold Joint Air Exercise After China-Russia Patrols
Japan said Thursday it held a joint air exercise with the United States in a show of force, days after Chinese-Russian patrols in the region and following weeks of diplomatic feuding between Tokyo and Beijing. The Japanese joint chiefs of staff ...
Tonga's King Tupou VI and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 25, 2025. Photo by MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL / AFP
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Rubio to Meet China’s Wang on Sidelines of ASEAN Talks
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers' meet in Malaysia, the State Department said. The meeting ...
U.S. Targets Attempts to Dodge Trump Tariffs With China in Crosshairs
By Beiyi Seow As President Donald Trump ramps up tariff threats on U.S. trading partners, his administration is taking aim at a tactic said to be used by Chinese companies to dodge the levies by moving goods through third countries.
The Evolution of China-Africa Research and Where It’s Headed
A new generation of scholars is reshaping China-Africa research. More geographically diverse and digitally fluent than the field’s early pioneers of the 2000s, this cohort brings fresh perspectives and tools to the study of China’s engagement on the continent.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump’s New Tariff Threat Hits Asia, Africa, Global Stocks
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a letter on social media on Wednesday saying he intends to impose a 50% tariff on "any and all Brazilian products sent into the United States" from August 1. Unlike his other tariff letters, this one specified that the levy is in response ...