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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 ...
Tighter Chinese Import Controls Hit Agricultural Producers in Global South
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. ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China Commits to WHO and Paris Climate Accord Amid U.S. Exit
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 ...
China’s Middle East Envoy Meets Palestinian, Israeli, Emirati Leaders
Zhai Jun, China’s special envoy to the Middle East, met with Palestinian and Israeli leaders as part of a wider trip to the region. He met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Eden Bar-Tal, the Israeli foreign ministry’s director general. Zhai reportedly expressed support for the recently ...
Bank Boosts African Trade Hub
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank opened its first account to handle cross-border settlements for an African consulate. The bank’s branch in Changsha opened the account for the Malawian consulate in Hunan Province. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? The Chinese government has designated Hunan as ...
China, Sri Lanka to Fast-Track Hambantota Refinery
China’s state-owned oil company Sinopec signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to accelerate the building of a $3.7 billion oil refinery in the port city of Hambantota. The agreement includes fast-tracking unresolved issues around water access, land allocation, and taxes. The deal will be the largest single ...
China Considering New Loan Terms for Bangladesh: Media
The Bangladeshi media is reporting that China has “agreed in principle” to extend the repayment period of a loan from 20 to 30 years. This follows a meeting between Bangladesh’s Foreign Adviser, Touhid Hossain, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday. Bangladesh ...
China, Myanmar, and Thailand Agree to Tackle Cross-Border Scam Centers
Officials from China, Thailand, and Myanmar agreed jointly to target a notorious telecom scam hub in the Burmese city of Myawaddy, reports China’s state media. Officials from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos also attended the meeting in Kunming, Yunnan province. The initiative aims to use the Lancang-Mekong cross-border law ...
China-Brokered Ceasefire in Myanmar
China’s Foreign Ministry announced a ceasefire agreement between Myanmar’s ruling military junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) on Monday. The agreement triggered a cessation of fighting from Saturday. The MNDAA is part of the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China Has Announced Plans to Build a Giant Solar Power Space Station
U.S. President Joe Biden will have a trilateral telephone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday morning. The trio are widely expected to discuss closer cooperation in responding to Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea.
New Polling Shows Shifting World Ahead of Trump Inauguration
Interesting North/South splits are emerging ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. President on Monday. New polling data from the European Council on Foreign Relations shows that while key Global South publics like Saudi Arabia and India think Trump’s return will benefit both their own countries and the ...
Has China Started Patrolling the Nine Dash Line?
Amid complaints from Philippine authorities that a large Chinese Coast Guard vessel has repeatedly entered their exclusive economic zone (EEZ,) rumors are circulating that Chinese forces may have started patrolling parts of the so-called Nine Dash Line. China uses the line to demarcate what it claims as its historical ...