Day: February 19, 2026
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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 ...
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s UAE Meeting Underscores Beijing’s Priorities in the Gulf
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WEEK IN REVIEW: Kenya Moves to Extend Railway with China-Backed Financing
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Iran Offers Safe Passage to BRICS Partners as China’s Role Looms Large
Iran offered “safe passage” through the Strait of Hormuz to South Africa and other BRICS countries, underscoring how the ongoing conflict is reshaping shipping access along one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. Tehran signaled that “friendly countries” would be ...
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 ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China, Russia, Iran Hold Naval Drills Near Hormuz
China joined Russia and Iran in joint naval drills near the Strait of Hormuz, deploying the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi and a supply ship. The exercises included maritime search-and-rescue and live-fire drills in waters critical to global oil shipments. (AL-MONITOR) The Philippines rebuked ...
China Slowdown Hits Rio Tinto Earnings Despite Revenue Gains
Mining giant Rio Tinto's net profit fell in 2025 as costs climbed and it took a hit from a slump in the Chinese economy, company results showed Thursday. The British-Australian firm said the results "demonstrate clear progress as we embed our ...
India Tells University to Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own, Sources Say
By Munsif Vengattil An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources ...
How China Plans to Dominate Global Trade Long After Trump
By Joe Cash China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure for the foreseeable future.
China Remains Undeterred in the Grey Zone
By Sam Mullins The final days of 2025 saw Taiwan surrounded by Chinese warships, aircraft and coast guard vessels in what the Chinese Ministry of Defense described as a serious warning to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and foreign interference. ...
U.S. Signs Critical Minerals Deal with Uzbekistan to Counter China’s Resource Dominance in Central Asia
By Marc Jones The U.S. government has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan to secure better access to the Central Asian country's critical minerals, as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to counter China's dominance of crucial resources and their supply chains.
Congo Offers Tantalum Deposit Under M23 Control to U.S. in Minerals Pact, Document Shows
By Ange Kasongo and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila The Democratic Republic of Congo added the rebel-held Rubaya coltan mine, one of the world's richest tantalum deposits, to a shortlist of strategic assets it is offering to the U.S. under a ...