Category: Diplomacy

By David Williams Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, touting his country's abundant critical minerals as a way to loosen China's grip over global supplies. At the ...

Since 2018, São Paulo–based businesswoman Carla Guindani has been eyeing the Chinese market. That year, she was invited by ApexBrasil, a Brazilian government agency dedicated to promoting exports, to exhibit family farming products at the Shanghai International Food Exhibition. At the time, Guindani was head of a ...

By Peter Catterall China's ruling Communist Party will on Monday kick off four days of key closed-door discussions, formulating core economic strategy for coming years as growth flags and trade headwinds mount. The gathering of ...

Myanmar's ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country's war-wracked north. Following a 16-day operation, "on 16 October, Tatmadaw reoccupied Hsipaw completely," the state-run Global ...

By Lukas Fiala and Saniya Kulkarni The recent escalation between Afghanistan and Pakistan has demonstrated once more the potential for instability in China’s neighborhood. With both sides reaching an initial truce on Wednesday after a series of strikes, Beijing is ...

The UK will take targeted action against Chinese and Indian firms facilitating Russian oil access to the international market, Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday. London imposed sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil producers and two Chinese energy firms that buy Russian oil. These are the first such ...

Indonesia confirmed the purchase of 42 Chinese-made J-10C “Vigorous Dragon” fighter jets, ending months of speculation about the deal. “They will be flying over Jakarta soon,” Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said Wednesday at the ministry’s headquarters, announcing the agreement reached ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made an unusually public endorsement of a Chinese automaker. On October 9, Lula became the owner of a BYD Song Pro SUV, the company’s 14 millionth new energy vehicle. He also released a ...

U.S. and UK authorities unveiled sanctions this week against Chen Zhi, a British-Cambodian tycoon accused of running cyberscam operations where workers, some trafficked, carry out transnational fraud schemes that have netted billions of dollars. AFP takes a look at the man, ...

Indonesia is strengthening its position as a global center for halal business, a market currently worth $3 trillion and projected to reach $4.5 trillion by 2030. Halal refers to products and practices that comply with Islamic law, including food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and financial services, ensuring they ...

A prominent U.S. scholar of India who was arrested after allegations of retaining classified documents and meeting Chinese officials is denying the charges against him, his lawyers said Wednesday. Ashley Tellis, 64, who held senior positions under former president George W. ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent slammed Beijing's rare earth export curbs Wednesday as "China versus the world," vowing that Washington and its allies would "neither be commanded nor controlled." "This should be a clear sign to our allies that we must work ...