Day: August 21, 2025

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Kenya in Talks with China to Convert Debt to Yuan

Kenya’s Treasury Secretary John Mbadi said his government is in talks with Chinese counterparts to convert the denomination of its debt to China from U.S. dollars to Chinese renminbi. “The moment we move from the U.S. dollar to the renminbi, automatically, ...

China Talks BRI, Mining with Afghanistan, Pakistan

China invited Afghanistan to formally join its Belt and Road Initiative and would like to deepen cooperation on mining. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited the Afghan capital of Kabul for talks with Taliban government leaders. He also participated in trilateral talks with Afghan and Pakistani counterparts. ...

Inside the Fine Print: Understanding Finance Contracts in Chinese-supported Power Projects

Every power plant begins long before a single shovel hits the ground. Before turbines are ordered, before concrete is poured, and well before the lights ever flicker on, a dense legal and financial architecture must first be assembled. For state-backed Chinese infrastructure projects in Africa, that ...

Africa’s EV Trade Siege and What’s Blocking the Future

The electric vehicle (EV) sector in many African countries faces critical challenges, slowing down the adoption of electric mobility. Some of these challenges are intra-African trade barriers, which make it hard to do cross-border trade. ...

New Zealand Spy Service Warns of China Interference

New Zealand's spy service warned Thursday that China is the most active power engaging in foreign interference in the country, including through front organisations. New Zealand faces the "most challenging national security environment of recent times," the country's intelligence agency said ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

CGSP Take: How Does the Venezuela Crisis Affect China’s Relationship with the Global South?

By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research,
China has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s incursion into Venezuela and its detention of President Nicolás Maduro. 

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India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile That Can Reach Anywhere in China

India said Wednesday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China. The Agni-5 missile was successfully launched in India's eastern Odisha state, with authorities saying ...