Day: November 3, 2025

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Chinese Embassy Rebukes European Official’s Critique of Ghana Trade Relations

The Chinese embassy in Ghana blasted remarks by David McAllister, chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, who led a six-member delegation to visit legislators in Accra and warned about the dangers of becoming overly reliant on China for trade and investment.

Philippines and Canada Seal Troop Pact, Expanding Manila’s Web of Defense Ties Amid China Tensions

The Philippines and Canada signed a visiting forces agreement on Sunday, allowing Canadian troops to conduct joint exercises, deepening defense ties amid rising tensions with China in the South China Sea. The pact follows similar deals Manila signed with New Zealand, ...

China Denounces Philippines’ Joint Sea Exercises With U.S. and Allies, Calling Them a Threat to Stability

The People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command on Saturday accused the Philippines of undermining regional peace and stability for organizing joint naval exercises with Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Spokesperson Tian Junli accused Manila of acting as a "troublemaker" for its part ...

U.S. Defense Chief Lauds China Ties, Then Sounds Alarm Over Beijing’s Aggression at ASEAN Meeting

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth conveyed two seemingly contradictory messages on China during his discussions with his Southeast Asian counterparts during the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. On the one hand, Hegseth was downright effusive ...

US Offers ASEAN Surveillance Help, Then Praises China Ties

The United States on Saturday told Southeast Asian defence ministers it is ready to share technology and information to help them watch Chinese activity in the disputed South China Sea and respond together to what it called Beijing’s “destabilising actions.” Hours later, US Defense Secretary Pete ...

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Confusing Developments in “Development”

This week I’m in Brussels, where I took part in a workshop on how the EU should shape its development strategy in response to China’s global influence.
I have joked in the past that it feels like I’ve attended this same ‘EU, Africa, and External Development Partners’ conference for ten years straight. 

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Learning the Latin American Way: How Chinese Companies Are Rewriting Their Playbook Overseas

A report in the popular nationalist news site Guancha.cn (Observer) draws on a year of field interviews with Chinese managers and entrepreneurs working across Latin America. It explores how firms accustomed to China’s high-speed, KPI-driven culture are adapting to Latin America’s “life-first” ethos, where social trust, ...

Chinese Scholars See Russia’s Venezuela Strategy as a Model of Hybrid Power Projection in the U.S.’ Backyard

Amid the ongoing deterioration of U.S.–Venezuelan relations, one analysis from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Latin American Studies, offers a valuable perspective on how Russia extends its global influence through selective partnerships in Latin America.  By focusing on ...

Chinese Media View Milei’s Victory as Deepening Argentina’s Tilt Toward the U.S. and Wall Street

Chinese observers interpret Javier Milei’s triumph not simply as a domestic win for libertarian reform but as a struggle that places Argentina squarely under the shadow of Washington and Wall Street. In an analysis published by The Paper.cn, Yuan Mengqi, ...