Day: March 9, 2026
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Vietnam Confirms Top Leader’s China Visit
Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that top leader To Lam will visit China next week at the invitation of counterpart Xi Jinping, his first foreign trip since becoming president. The Communist Party boss was elected president -- the number two position in ...
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Chinese Foreign Minister Visits Pyongyang to Advance Relations
Beijing stands ready to work with North Korea to further improve ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his North Korean counterpart on Thursday during a visit to Pyongyang, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Beijing has been trying to draw Pyongyang ...
U.S. War Against Iran Gives Beijing Intelligence Dividend
By Sophie Wushuang Yi Operation Epic Fury has given Chinese military planners something no simulation can replicate: a live stress-test of American high-end warfighting capacity in a prolonged, high-intensity conflict against a determined regional power. The more consequential question ...
China Gives Small Refiners More Crude Quotas Amid Iran Oil Disruption
China granted additional crude import quotas to independent “teapot” refiners as it tries to keep fuel production steady during supply disruptions linked to the Iran crisis. The move is aimed at helping those plants maintain officially mandated output levels even as Persian Gulf flows have been strained.
Sri Lanka Repatriates 125 Telecom Fraud Suspects to China
Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 people to China suspected to be involved in telecom fraud, China's Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday, adding that the move comes after deepening law enforcement cooperation between the two countries. The suspects were repatriated to China on March 29 ...
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China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Fu Cong, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on a Hormuz resolution at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
By Felix Brender 王哲謙 When China and Russia vetoed the UN Security Council’s Strait of Hormuz resolution on 7 April, after weeks of increasingly plaintive calls for Beijing to “do more” over Iran, a familiar argument resurfaced: if China wants the status ...
Oil Shock Tests China’s Gulf Dependence, but Beijing’s Diversified Energy Strategy May Blunt the Impact
There appears to be mounting concern but not outright panic over the surge of oil prices on Monday, brought on by the war between the U.S./Israel, and Iran. Oil prices opened the week above $100 a barrel for the first time in four years in response to ...
China Seeks Iran Deal for Tanker Passage Through Closed Strait of Hormuz
China is reportedly in talks with Iran to negotiate safe passage for oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently closed to most maritime traffic. Beijing is reportedly displeased with Tehran over the closure of the narrow ...
China’s Wang Yi Criticizes U.S. and Defends Multilateral Order at Annual Press Briefing
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi forcefully denounced the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, saying the conflict “should never have happened.” Wang restated Beijing's call for a ceasefire and renewed his offer to help mediate an end to the conflict. Wang, ...
BRICS Faces a Test as China and India Offer Starkly Different Responses to War
In the space of 24 hours, between Sunday and Monday, the foreign ministers from both China and India laid out their respective governments’ positions on the escalating war in the Middle East. In Beijing, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, was unsparing ...
China’s Geely Expands Into African Space With Algeria, Morocco Satellite Deals
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, better known as the parent of one of China's largest automakers, is expanding deep into Africa's nascent space industry, striking satellite agreements with Algeria and Morocco that double as a study in diplomatic tightrope-walking. The Hangzhou-based
China Condemns ‘Evil Designs’ of Taiwan Premier’s Japan Visit
China on Monday condemned the "evil designs" of Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai's rare visit to Japan over the weekend, on a trip he said was to support the island's baseball team and was private. Cho flew to Japan on Saturday to watch Taiwan play in the ...
China Says Opposes Any Targeting of New Iran Leader
China said Monday that Iran's decision to name Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader following the killing of his father was a domestic matter, and it opposed any attempt to target him. Israel's military has threatened to target any successor ...
China’s Middle East Envoy Urges War De-Escalation During Saudi Talks
China's envoy to the Middle East urged de-escalation in the conflict-ridden region and called for attacks on civilians to be condemned during talks with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Beijing said Monday. The war, triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran, ...
China’s Muted Response Over War in Iran Reflects Beijing’s Delicate Calculus as a Concerned Onlooker
By John Calabrese China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region. With no direct role in the conflict and some 6,800 kilometers away from the action, Beijing ...