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Does China Sit Atop the Drone Throne?
By Lukas Fiala On Wednesday, it was reported that China donated four Type PMR-50 UAVs to Benin. Produced by China’s state-owned defense major NORINCO, the PMR-50 is a small, close-range drone and will reportedly support Benin’s counterterrorism efforts, likely by enhancing ...
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim Arrives in Beijing for Talks With President Xi Jinping
Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on his first visit to the Chinese capital as Prime Minister. Ibrahim, along with a large delegation of ministers and corporate leaders, have a full schedule of high-level talks and deal signings ...
Lending Data Offers Clue to China’s Global South Influence
A new report led by the U.S.-based research center AidData is drawing global attention this week. It shows that from 2008 to 2021, China spent $240 billion in bailouts and liquidity support to 22 Global South countries. Even though the report focuses ...
Fierce Debate Underway in the DR Congo Over Whether China Has Met Its Infrastructure Development Obligations
The Congolese stakeholders in the controversial Chinese mining joint venture Sicomines are calling for further revisions to the controversial multibillion-dollar resource-for-infrastructure deal. At issue are stark differences in what the Congolese side believes it's owed in terms of infrastructure development and ...
China’s Lending to Latin America and the Caribbean Begins Again with Smaller, Targeted Support
By Rebecca Ray and Margaret Myers Chinese development lending to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has begun to rebound, according to the latest update of the Chinese Loans to Latin America and the Caribbean Database, maintained by the Boston University ...
Chinese Central Bank Official Explains Why Beijing Is so Worried About Debt Restructuring
A senior official with the People's Bank of China, the country's central, provided new insights as to why Beijing is demanding that multilateral development banks (MDBs) also take losses on their loans to developing countries -- a key sticking point that has brought debt restructuring processes in several ...
China to Decide When Brazilian President Will Visit, Says Minister
The Chinese government will be responsible for choosing a new date to host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after his state visit to Beijing was postponed over the weekend due to illness. Monday would have marked the start of a ...
Insecurity in Pakistan: Losses and Gains for China
By Saniya Kulkarni Security in the Central-South Asian region is an issue of increasing importance to China, especially in light of growing uncertainty in Pakistan and an ongoing threat to infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K, or ...
China Hints It May Not Back U.S. Nominee to Lead World Bank
Ajay Banga's candidacy to become the next president of the World Bank encountered turbulence when the Chinese government hinted that it would oppose his nomination. Banga spent the day in the Chinese capital on Wednesday, meeting with Finance Minister Liu Kun, ...
World Bank President Nominee in China for Critical Meetings With Finance Leaders
Ajay Banga arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for the latest stop in his worldwide job interview to become the next president of the World Bank. Banga is scheduled to meet with Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun, various leaders from the People's ...
Xi Bets on Global South in Moscow
Today is a public holiday in South Africa – Human Rights Day. There’s a certain irony in spending the day focusing on China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vladimir Putin, knee-deep in a human rights disaster. What one makes of the ...
Japan, Indian PMs Present Unified Front to Challenge China’s Expanding Influence in Asia
While most of the world's attention was focused on Chinese President Xi Jinping's talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, another critically important summit between the leaders of Japan and India also took place on Monday in New Delhi.