Day: October 18, 2025
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China Mediates in Cambodia-Thailand Crisis
China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it is dispatching an envoy to mediate in the growing border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, as the peace deal for which U.S. President Donald Trump took credit threatens to fall apart.
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China, Egypt FMs Discuss Crises in Palestine, Sudan
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the crises in Gaza and Sudan with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday. While the two expressed concern about the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the call preceded the announcement of a $35 ...
U.S. Grants Loan for Strategic Angola Rail Line
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) said it has agreed a loan for the refurbishment of a rail link in Angola strategic for the transport of minerals which are in high demand at American firms. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...
Thailand’s Resumed Border Strikes on Cambodia Highlight Limits of U.S. Pressure, Chinese Scholars Say
Thailand and Cambodia signed a joint peace declaration at the ASEAN summit in late October, aimed at ending long-standing border disputes. Yet, less than two months later, Thai forces launched strikes on casinos and hotels in Cambodia, reportedly linked to cross-border online fraud. Experts in China
Automakers Seem the Target in Mexico–China Tariffs, but Small Exporters Take the Hardest Hit
Most media coverage of Mexico’s new tariffs on Chinese goods has zeroed in on the obvious visible targets: automakers and auto parts, where duties climb as high as 50 percent. These sectors are capital-intensive, politically sensitive, and easy to frame as symbols of shifting trade policy.
Indonesia’s plans to develop its rare earth resources face a geopolitical dilemma because the fastest way to process them relies on China’s dominant technology and supply chains, even as the United States and its allies are urging Jakarta to reduce dependence on Beijing. Photo by AFRIADI HIKMAL / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP
Indonesia sits on a geological treasure trove of rare earth minerals, and the government is eager to tap into the wealth they could bring. While it knows how to find, mine, and sell the highly sought-after critical materials, it confronts a geopolitical dilemma: The only ...
Q&A: The Political Implications of the Sino-Metals Disaster in Zambia
When the Sino-Metals Leach, a Chinese-owned copper processing company, experienced a tailings dam collapse in February in Zambia, the government, through the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, dismissed reports that 1.5 million cubic meters of acid waste had been released. Officials also claimed that water ...
China Boasts of Crackdown on Scam Centers on Myanmar Border
Chinese authorities are boasting of a sweeping crackdown on scam centers across the country's southern border with Myanmar, days before a key political meeting in Beijing. Government statements published since Wednesday mention the arrests of more than 57,000 Chinese citizens for ...
Chinese Leaders to Hash out Strategic Blueprint at Key Meeting
By Peter Catterall China's ruling Communist Party will on Monday kick off four days of key closed-door discussions, formulating core economic strategy for coming years as growth flags and trade headwinds mount. The gathering of ...
Myanmar Junta Recaptures Town on China Trade Rout
Myanmar's ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country's war-wracked north. Following a 16-day operation, "on 16 October, Tatmadaw reoccupied Hsipaw completely," the state-run Global ...
Chinese Companies Power Ethiopia’s Bid to Become Solar Manufacturing Hub
Three Chinese companies are pouring more than half a billion dollars into Ethiopia’s nascent solar manufacturing sector, underscoring Beijing’s growing role in shaping Africa’s clean energy future. Shanghai-listed CSI Solar, majority-owned by Canadian Solar Inc., plans to invest $250 ...