Day: January 13, 2026
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Brazil's cattle slaughtering activity for the fourth quarter shows beef packers boosted processing by 13.1% from the same period in 2024, according to preliminary Brazilian census bureau data released on Thursday. The tally, if confirmed, would take Brazil's total slaughtering to ...
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Japan Seizes Chinese Fishing Vessel, Arrests Captain
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China Says Will ‘Safeguard’ Interests After Trump Tariff Threat Over Iran
China said on Tuesday it would protect its rights and interests after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on any country doing business with Iran. "We have always believed that there are no winners in a tariff war, ...
China-Central Asia in 2026: From Resource Access to Structured Interdependence
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APEC Offers China a Chance to Revitalize Integration
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A Taliban security personnel operating an anti-aircraft gun keeps watch for Pakistani airstrikes near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Nangarhar province on February 27, 2026 following overnight cross-border fighting between the two countries. Photo by AIMAL ZAHIR / AFP
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2025 marked an important inflection point in China-Central Asia relations. Not because China’s presence in the region was new, since Beijing has been a significant economic actor for more than a decade, but because the composition and structure of that engagement began to change in more visible ...
APEC Offers China a Chance to Revitalize Integration
By Christopher Findlay and Wenxiao Wang As the chair of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 2026, China has a chance to revitalize Asia-Pacific integration around services and the digital economy. With services accounting for most output and employment across ...