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China’s Commerce Ministry Blocks U.S. Sanctions Against Five Refineries
China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday it had issued an injunction to block U.S. sanctions imposed on five Chinese refiners accused of buying Iranian oil, according to state news agency Xinhua. The ministry named the five as Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) ...
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Taiwan President Arrives in Eswatini After Blaming China for Cancellation of Prior Trip
By Ben Blanchard Taiwan President Lai Ching-te reached Eswatini on Saturday, two weeks after he was forced to postpone a trip to a diplomatic ally because Indian Ocean states had blocked his flight, which Taiwan's government blamed on Beijing's pressure.
China’s Zero-Tariff Promise to Africa Masks a Deepening Trade Imbalance
In a message to African heads of state gathered in Addis Ababa for the African Union's 39th summit last February, Xi Jinping announced that beginning May 1st, China would implement a “zero tariff” policy for the 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations. The message ...
China Says U.S. Fabricated Claims of Panama-Flagged Ship Detentions
China accused the United States on Friday of fabricating claims that Beijing had detained Panama-flagged ships in a long-running dispute over control of the strategic Panama Canal. Relations between the United States and China soured when Panamanian authorities in February took ...
Myanmar Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing Becomes President, China Promises Support
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was elected president on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government in a coup. His ...
Last-minute postponement of RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia, initially scheduled for May 5–8.
There's been a lot of anguish over the past several days following the Zambian government's surprise decision to cancel Rightscon, a long-running conference devoted to digital rights that was supposed to get underway on Tuesday. The immediate narrative that spread quickly online was that China ...
China’s Commerce Ministry Blocks U.S. Sanctions Against Five Refineries
China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday it had issued an injunction to block U.S. sanctions imposed on five Chinese refiners accused of buying Iranian oil, according to state news agency Xinhua. The ministry named the five as Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) ...
Taiwan President Arrives in Eswatini After Blaming China for Cancellation of Prior Trip
By Ben Blanchard Taiwan President Lai Ching-te reached Eswatini on Saturday, two weeks after he was forced to postpone a trip to a diplomatic ally because Indian Ocean states had blocked his flight, which Taiwan's government blamed on Beijing's pressure.