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Chinese Companies Are Changing the Way They Operate in Africa
By Elisa Gambino and Costanza Franceschini For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost $50 billion to African transport ...
Audience visits the real and fake image recognition problem brought by AI generated images at the 2025 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Long Wei / CFoto / CFOTO via AFP)
The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is now global. As the United States and China compete to define the future of AI, their rivalry increasingly shapes how they engage with the rest of the world. Washington leans on alliances and export controls to restrict Beijing’s ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Vietnam Surpasses China in U.S. Apparel Market
Brazil exported 77 million tons of soybeans to China in the first eight months of the year, more than enough to offset the loss of the U.S. as a supplier, according to new data from the American Farm Bureau Federation. The group also noted U.S. exports of corn, wheat, and ...
Japan, Philippines Inaugural Joint Exercises Begin as China Announces Plans for South China Sea Drills
Japan and the Philippines kicked off a five-day joint air force exercise this week on the central island of Cebu, marking the first time the two militaries have trained together since a Reciprocal Access Agreement was signed last year. The drills, known ...
After Kenya Secures Landmark Railway Debt Deal With China, Indonesia Eyes a Similar Renegotiation
Indonesia's Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani confirmed on Wednesday that talks are underway with Chinese creditors to restructure the $7.3 billion of debt owed by the Sino-Indonesian joint venture that operates the Whoosh high-speed railway. Although the train has been popular with travelers,
China Races to Stockpile Cheap Oil, Expanding Strategic Reserves Amid Global Tensions
China is in the midst of a massive oil stockpiling campaign that will add at least 169 million barrels of crude to its strategic reserves over the next year. So far, 37 million barrels of storage capacity have been built at 11 ...
China Bolsters Export Controls on Rare-Earth Industry
China announced further controls Thursday on the export of rare-earth technologies and items, adding to existing regulations on the critical industry. Rare earths have represented a major sticking point in recent trade negotiations between China and the United States, with Washington ...