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China, Russia Align on Iran War Ahead of Crucial UN Vote This Week
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone on Sunday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to coordinate their positions on the ongoing Iran war ahead of a crucial vote at the UN on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz. ...
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Experts Say China Is Studying U.S. Power in Iran War and Its Limits
There's been a lot of speculation in U.S. and European policy analysis circles over what lessons China is taking away from the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The debate largely divides along two broad categories. On one side, popular in Washington, D.C., ...
China Edges Past U.S. in Global Approval as Confidence in Both Powers Remains Weak
China overtook the United States in global leadership approval for the first time in nearly two decades, according to new Gallup data, signaling a subtle but meaningful shift in international sentiment. The shift stems less from a surge in support for ...
Kenya Cuts Dollar Debt After Converting Chinese Loans to Yuan
The Kenyan government is moving quickly to diversify its debt portfolio to reduce its reliance on dollar-denominated loans, with the total amount of outstanding USD debt falling 8.5% year-on-year to just 53.2%, according to new National Treasury data. A big reason ...
China Issues E-Commerce Guidance After EU Lawmakers’ Visit
China issued guidance on Monday for its e-commerce sector that seeks to coordinate domestic development with international markets, a week after a delegation of European lawmakers visited to discuss related challenges and competition. European Union lawmakers had pressed China about a surge of dangerous products that ...
Employees work at an assembly line producing car smartphone holders at a plastic accessories factory, as rising oil prices drive up production costs for plastic manufacturers, in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie An 'eco-friendly' range of paper tubes and pouches touted by Yonwoo, a South Korean maker of packaging for cosmetics, has reaped unexpected benefits from the Iran war, which has disrupted supplies of the plastic needed to turn ...
Vietnam’s China-Linked Growth Brings It Closer to Thailand’s GDP
Vietnam’s economy is expanding quickly enough to close on Thailand in nominal gross domestic product, driven by state-led investment and export growth. Thailand is facing slower growth. Vietnam could potentially overtake Thailand in nominal gross domestic product this year or next, ...
China Backs Yemen Peace Talks Led by Saudi Arabia
China has expressed support for Saudi-hosted peace talks on the future of Southern Yemen. The proposal for talks in Riyadh preceded Saudi-backed airstrikes on Friday, which reportedly restored control of the Hadramout and Al-Mahrah provinces from the separatist Southern Transitional Council ...
Why the Venezuela Crisis Won’t (Seriously) Affect China’s Oil Supply
In the wake of the Trump administration’s incursion into Venezuela and its stated plan to seize the country’s oil output, the focus has swung to China’s historical role as a major buyer of Venezuelan oil. Venezuela was an early testing ...
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. During his regular press conference on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...
What Maduro’s Detention Means for China
One of the prevailing narratives that's emerged following the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the detention of President Nicolás Maduro is that this is a major setback for China. Some analysts have called it a "strategic failure" on Beijing's part, ...
China Drives Vietnam Fruit Exports, Leaving Growers Exposed
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports rose to $8.5 billion in 2025, led by durian sales into China, the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association said. The industry says dependence on China leaves exporters exposed when import rules change. Export revenue reached ...
China’s Border Robot Highlights Industrial and Tech Edge Over India
A video recently went viral on YouTube showing a lone Chinese robot standing guard at a remote border post in Tibet. Captured by Indian troops along the western section of the China-India Line of Actual Control (LAC), the footage was intended to showcase India’s high-ground advantage. Instead, ...
China Imports Drive Vietnam’s 8% 2025 Growth, Record U.S. Surplus
Vietnam’s economy expanded 8% in 2025, preliminary government data showed on Monday. The country posted a record trade surplus with the United States and record imports from China, after Washington imposed 20% tariffs from August. Vietnam shipped $153.2 billion of ...
U.S.–Venezuela Case Cannot Be Applied to Taiwan, Chinese Scholar Says
“If the United States can do this to a sovereign country, why can’t the mainland do the same to Taiwan?” Screenshots of the Facebook post by Ross Feingold, the former Asia-Pacific chair of the U.S. Republican Party, circulated widely alongside short video clips of Shen Yi, a ...
South Korea’s Lee Snaps Xi Selfie With Chinese ‘Backdoor’ Phone
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung snapped a selfie with Xi Jinping using a smartphone gifted to him by the Chinese leader, who had joked at their last meeting that the device might be capable of spying. Lee posted three selfies ...