Day: November 26, 2025
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China Repatriates 952 After Joint Scam Crackdown in Myanmar
China’s national police agency said Chinese officers, working with counterparts from Thailand and Myanmar, arrested suspects and repatriated 952 Chinese nationals suspected of involvement in telecommunication fraud during joint operations along Myanmar’s border. The operations targeted scam and gambling compounds, ...
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China Leads Thailand’s EEC Projects as Japan Tops Nationwide
China investment in Thailand EEC led foreign business approvals in January–November 2025, according to Thailand’s Department of Business Development. Japan remained the largest source of projects nationwide, the agency said on Friday, Dec. 26.
China Leads Vietnam Trade as 2025 Turnover Hits $900 Billion
China remained Vietnam’s largest trading partner as 2025 goods trade crossed $900 billion, Vietnam Customs said. Full-year trade estimation sits at about $920 billion. Customs data show the $900 billion threshold was crossed between Dec. 22 and Dec. 26, based ...
China Seeks Military Access in Southeast Asia, New Pentagon Report Says
China “seeks to establish sites as part of a global logistics and basing network” that would allow the People’s Liberation Army, China’s military, to “project and sustain military power at greater distances,” according to a new U.S. Pentagon report to Congress, published last Tuesday.
Europe Meets Africa Amid Rising China Anxieties
About seventy leaders from European Union and African Union member countries met for a summit in Angola on Monday. The summit is partially overshadowed by the rapid developments around a possible U.S.-led deal in Ukraine, where Europe is being sidelined. The Europeans gathered an impromptu internal summit ...
A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...
Europe Meets Africa Amid Rising China Anxieties
About seventy leaders from European Union and African Union member countries met for a summit in Angola on Monday. The summit is partially overshadowed by the rapid developments around a possible U.S.-led deal in Ukraine, where Europe is being sidelined. The Europeans gathered an impromptu internal summit ...
China-Central Asia Weekly News: Managing Friction, Sanctions, and Local Benefits
This is a free preview of the upcoming Critical Minerals Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in 2026. Chinese engagement in Central Asia is facing several friction points that highlight the social and geopolitical complexities behind its ...
Alleged Abuses at Chinese-Invested Nickel Plant Expose Indonesia’s Weak Labor Oversight
Last month, LBH Makassar, a legal-aid organization in eastern Indonesia that represents workers and low-income communities, delivered an open letter to the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta. The letter describes serious labor violations at PT Huadi Nickel Alloy Indonesia, a Chinese-invested nickel smelter operating in Bantaeng, a ...
Navigating the Second China Shock
Like climate change or runaway AI risks, China’s swelling manufacturing capacity is a global challenge faced by middle and high-income economies alike. Trade tensions already dominate EU-China relations, and concerns over China’s manufacturing capacity are rising across the Global South. In ...
Taiwan’s President to Propose $40 Billion in Extra Defense Spending
By Joy Chiang Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday his government will propose $40 billion in additional defense spending over eight years, as the democratic island seeks to deter a potential Chinese invasion. Taiwan has ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: China Races Ahead in Africa’s EV Market as Local Manufacturing, Legacy Players Gain Momentum
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. Chinese automakers are accelerating their push into Africa’s electric vehicle market, viewing the continent as one of the few remaining ...
How China Outmaneuvers the West in Myanmar
By Jared Bissinger In the last year, China has increasingly used its economic leverage in Myanmar to tilt the scales towards the military’s State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC), helping them to regain territory and re-exert economic control. China has done ...
EU Says Must ‘Step up’ Against China Rare Earths ‘Racket’
The European Union must ramp up efforts to break its dependence on China for rare earths faced with export curbs that amount to a "racket" by Beijing, the bloc's industry chief Stephane Sejourne said Tuesday. China, the world's top producer of ...
China Likely to Bid on Building New Panama Canal Ports
China is among parties interested in bidding to build two new ports on the Panama Canal, its administrator said Tuesday, despite U.S. talk of retaking control of the vital trade route. U.S. President Donald Trump made the threat earlier this year, ...
As Conflict Escalates in Eastern Congo, China’s Mining Giants Confront New Risks Far From the Front Lines
In late November, China’s Foreign Ministry issued a stark warning about the Democratic Republic of Congo: the security situation in the east has deteriorated sharply, with armed clashes, extremist activity and attacks against foreign workers rising again. Congo sits at the ...
Kyrgyzstan Arrests Chinese CEO of Gold Mining Firm
Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage, amid growing public scrutiny over Beijing's influence in the Central Asian country. China has poured hundreds of millions of dollars of ...