Author: CGSP Staff

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in China on Tuesday for a state visit that will include meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The trip is part of a diplomatic blitz between China and Asia, with four leaders visiting Beijing in one week.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra embarked on a four-day visit to China on Wednesday, soon after Thai authorities cut the cross-border power supply to Shwe Kokko, a town in Myanmar said to house huge scam operations staffed by victims of trafficking. The ...

Pakistan’s President, Asif Ali Zardari, is embarking on a five-day visit to China, where he will meet with Chinese leaders. Expanding Chinese security presence in Pakistan will reportedly be on the agenda. China’s heavy investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has made the key BRI project a ...

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Beijing on Sunday for two days of talks with his counterpart, Vice-Foreign Minister Sun Weidong. The two, who were both ambassadors to each other's countries, are expected to discuss the resumption of direct flights and the easing of visa restrictions ...

Chinese and Thai officials visited the Thai-Myanmar border region in Tak province on Wednesday to discuss how to tackle Chinese scam gangs embedded across the border in the Myanmarese city of Myawaddy. They are reportedly planning a joint center dedicated to cracking down on the problem.

The Chinese embassy in Cambodia dismissed reports that Beijing is withdrawing from a controversial canal project in the Mekong River as “complete nonsense.” The groundbreaking ceremony for the $1.7 billion 180km Funan Techo canal project was held in August, but since ...

China’s centrality in the global critical minerals sector is frequently bemoaned in Western capitals, but what’s less understood is how China got there. A new report by AidData, a research center at the College of William and Mary, came out this week and tracks mineral-related deals ...

New Zealand will review all its development aid to the Pacific island of Kiribati, following the cancellation of a meeting between its Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau. Peters said the cancellation - about a week before the scheduled meeting - reflects a larger lack ...

India is reportedly reconsidering an aid package aimed at stabilizing the economy of the Maldives because the island nation signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with China. The Indian press reported that New Delhi feels President Mohamed Muizzu didn’t push through sufficient economic reforms. The FTA with China ...

A suspect accused of involvement in numerous scam-related trafficking cases, including kidnapping the Chinese actor Wang Xing and trafficking him to Myanmar, was arrested and deported to China. The suspect, a Chinese national identified as Yan Wenlei, was reportedly nabbed through a joint effort by the Thai ...

China has banned the import of sheep, goats, and poultry from numerous countries following a World Health Organization warning about foot and mouth disease and sheep and goat pox. Affected countries include Ghana, Somalia, Qatar, Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt, East Timor, Eritrea, Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. ...

A ship carrying a chemical used to make missile propellant is reportedly traveling from China to Iran, and a second will leave in February. The Iran-flagged Golbon departed the Chinese island of Daishan on Tuesday loaded with enough sodium perchlorate to power 260 mid-range missiles. It is reportedly ...