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Australia, Japan Ink Multibillion Dollar Warship Deal
Japan agreed on Saturday to a deal to provide Australia's navy with the first of almost a dozen stealth frigates, part of Canberra's wider military build-up aimed at boosting its long-range firepower to deter China. Under the deal announced last year ...
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New Zealand Defends Military Patrol Flight Near China
New Zealand on Saturday defended the actions of a military patrol aircraft flight near China after Beijing said it had undermined its security interests. China's foreign ministry said on Friday that a New Zealand P-8A patrol aircraft had “conducted continuous close-in reconnaissance and ...
Nepal Investigating Burning of Xi Jinping’s Book at University
By Gopal Sharma Nepal is investigating how some copies of a book authored by Chinese President Xi Jinping were burned at a university in the east of the country after the Chinese embassy expressed concern over the incident, officials said on ...
China Calls for End to Gulf Conflict, Offers to Ease Southeast Asia Energy Crunch
By Liz Lee and Joe Cash China called for an end to conflict in the Gulf and said the safety of waterways should not be disturbed on Thursday, adding that it was ready to work with Southeast Asia to address ...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s UAE Meeting Underscores Beijing’s Priorities in the Gulf
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met on Wednesday with the UAE president’s special envoy to China, in a move that highlights a critical, but often overlooked, reality: Beijing’s Middle East strategy is less about siding with Iran than it is about managing relationships with its important Gulf ...
An aerial view of Qilianyu islands in the Paracel chain, which China considers part of Hainan province on August 10, 2018. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / CHINA OUT
After nearly a decade-long hiatus, China in October quietly resumed artificial island construction in the South China Sea, according to commercial satellite imagery. Rather than focusing on the Spratly Islands, where Beijing already has de facto control over seven maritime features with airbases on three of them, it has turned to ...
Kenya Secures Duty-Free Access to China. Its Farmers May Still Struggle to Cash In
There's been a lot of discussion in Kenya over the weekend about how the country can best take advantage of a preliminary trade agreement signed late last week that grants 98.2% of Kenyan exports duty-free access to the Chinese market.
Why U.S. Pressure on Iran May Matter Less to China Than Washington Thinks
U.S. President Donald Trump's mounting pressure on both Venezuela and Iran is primarily targeted at the governments in both countries, but a clear secondary priority is to put more pressure on China. Both Iran and Venezuela have longstanding ties with China ...
China’s Belt and Road Roars Back, Defying Predictions of a Smaller, Quieter Era
Just a few of years ago, Chinese authorities signaled that the days of massive spending on Belt and Road Initiative projects were over and that a new, more austere era, known as "small yet beautiful" (小而美), would become the norm. New ...
How Is China Viewing U.S. Actions in Venezuela – an Affront, an Opportunity, or a Blueprint?
By Kerry E. Ratigan China’s public response to the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro played out in a fairly predictable way, with condemnation of a “brazen” act of force against a sovereign nation and accusation of Washington acting like a “world ...
India’s Central Bank Proposes Linking BRICS’ Digital Currencies, Sources Say
By Jaspreet Kalra and Nikunj Ohri India's central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar as geopolitical tensions ...
China’s Q4 GDP Growth Slows to 3-Year Low, Full-Year Pace Meets Official Target
China's economic growth slowed to a three-year low in the fourth quarter as domestic demand softened, and while the full-year pace hit Beijing's target, trade tensions and structural imbalances pose significant risks to the outlook. The world's second-largest economy showed remarkable resilience in ...