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China’s BYD to Overtake Tesla as World’s Top EV Seller in 2025

China’s BYD is set to overtake Tesla as the world’s largest electric-vehicle EV seller in 2025, based on disclosures and forecasts. BYD sold 2.07 million EVs by the end of November, the Shenzhen-based automaker said. Tesla reported 1.22 million deliveries ...
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Cambodia, Thailand to Consolidate Ceasefire After China Talks

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China Launches Military Drills Simulating Blockade of Taiwan Ports

By Peter Catterall with Joy Chiang in Taipei China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan on Monday that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports, prompting Taipei to condemn Beijing's "military intimidation."

Monument Honoring China’s Contribution to Panama Canal Torn Down

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Aerial view of heavy air pollution from nickel processing industries covering the Weda Bay area on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, August 2024. (CGSP / Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro)
By Joan Aurelia In July 2024, then-president Joko Widodo said Indonesia must “become a global player in the EV supply chain.” He was speaking at the inauguration of a Hyundai EV and battery factory in Karawang, West Java, where government officials declared the country’s commitment to ...

Can China and Indonesia Help Save the World’s Rainforests?

Tropical forests around the world are vanishing fast. Logging, mining, and industrial agriculture continue to raze the world’s most carbon-rich ecosystems, accelerating the climate crisis and displacing the people who have protected these forests for generations. Efforts to halt deforestation have largely failed—not because the science is ...

China Plans Global AI Coordination Body

China proposed an organization to promote global cooperation on artificial intelligence that would also foreground the Global South. Chinese Premier Li Qiang told attendees at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai that China wants to share its advances in the transformative technology with the world and ...

Indonesia Avoids U.S. Tariffs Deadline Pending Deal: Minister

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China Backs ASEAN-Mediated Cambodia and Thailand Ceasefire

Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire on Monday following a special meeting hosted by Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The meeting was attended by leaders from both countries, as well as ...

China and U.S. Wrap First Day of Trade Talks

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China’s Belt and Road Shatters Expectations With Record Activity

For much of the past two years, we've been told to expect a slimmer, more austere Belt and Road under the new "Small Yet Beautiful" mantra. The days of Chinese mega deals across the Global South were over... or so we ...
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