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India’s Sri Lanka Pipeline Push Takes Aim at China’s Energy Foothold
India and Sri Lanka have revived talks on a cross-border oil pipeline as New Delhi tries to counter China’s growing energy presence on the island. The plan is tied to a broader India-Sri Lanka-UAE energy hub at Trincomalee and would deepen India’s ...
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A strongly worded People’s Daily commentary suggests Beijing is hardening its position on any renewed oil-and-gas cooperation with the Philippines, linking deeper cooperation to Manila’s behavior in the South China Sea. The article, which appeared on 21 April in the Chinese-language edition ...
China’s Foreign Minister to Tour Southeast Asia This Week
China's top diplomat Wang Yi will embark on a three-country visit to Southeast Asia this week, seeking to strengthen ties in the face of "risks", Beijing said Tuesday. Wang will visit Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar from Wednesday until Sunday, Beijing's ...
Seized Iranian Ship Puts China Trade Link Under Scrutiny
An Iranian-flagged cargo ship that was seized by the U.S. was part of a sanctioned fleet that regularly sailed to China. The MV Touska made two calls at the Chinese port of Zhuhai within six weeks before its detention in the Gulf of Oman, according to the ...
Taiwan President Cancels Eswatini Trip Blaming Chinese Pressure
By Joy CHIANG Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused China of pressing three other African countries to revoke permission for his aircraft to fly over their territories.
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 ...
India’s Sri Lanka Pipeline Push Takes Aim at China’s Energy Foothold
India and Sri Lanka have revived talks on a cross-border oil pipeline as New Delhi tries to counter China’s growing energy presence on the island. The plan is tied to a broader India-Sri Lanka-UAE energy hub at Trincomalee and would deepen India’s ...
Beijing Signals There Are Security Conditions to Energy Cooperation With Manila
A strongly worded People’s Daily commentary suggests Beijing is hardening its position on any renewed oil-and-gas cooperation with the Philippines, linking deeper cooperation to Manila’s behavior in the South China Sea. The article, which appeared on 21 April in the Chinese-language edition ...
China’s Foreign Minister to Tour Southeast Asia This Week
China's top diplomat Wang Yi will embark on a three-country visit to Southeast Asia this week, seeking to strengthen ties in the face of "risks", Beijing said Tuesday. Wang will visit Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar from Wednesday until Sunday, Beijing's ...
Seized Iranian Ship Puts China Trade Link Under Scrutiny
An Iranian-flagged cargo ship that was seized by the U.S. was part of a sanctioned fleet that regularly sailed to China. The MV Touska made two calls at the Chinese port of Zhuhai within six weeks before its detention in the Gulf of Oman, according to the ...
Taiwan President Cancels Eswatini Trip Blaming Chinese Pressure
By Joy CHIANG Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused China of pressing three other African countries to revoke permission for his aircraft to fly over their territories.
Why Has China Resumed Artificial Island Construction in the South China Sea?
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, ...
China Flexes Energy Leverage as the Philippines, U.S. Start Annual War Games
By Joe Cash China on Tuesday implied energy assistance for the Philippines could be tied to Manila holding military drills with the U.S. and other allies, as its top newspaper showed Beijing's readiness to leverage its reserves in diplomatic disputes.
U.S. Firm in Key Congo Minerals Deal Overstated Its Mining Experience, Documents and Sources Show
By Clement Bonnerot A U.S. firm central to the Trump administration's push to secure critical minerals from Congo overstated its mining experience, Reuters has found. Virtus, which bought Chemaf's mines in March for $30 million ...
China and the Hidden Politics of Global Aid
The development finance industry would like us to believe that money for infrastructure, education, and other needs goes to where it's needed most. The reality, though, isn't that simple. Politics, it turns out, plays a much more important role than many ...