Category: Geopolitics

Russia Ready to Help China With Energy Ahead of Putin’s Visit, Foreign Minister Says

Russia is ready to increase energy supplies to China ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday at a news conference in Beijing. The agencies quoted Lavrov as ...

Beijing Denies FT Reports That Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite to Target U.S. Bases

Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 that has allowed it to target U.S. military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, an account Beijing dismissed as untrue. The ...

Awkward China-Africa Conversations in Washington, D.C.

Conversations on China, Africa, and global power at the heart of the American policy establishment are increasingly shaped by insular narratives. What emerges is a portrait of a U.S. policy ecosystem struggling to reconcile its ambitions with shifting global dynamics. From ...

China Will Not Tolerate Taiwan Independence, Xi Tells It’s Opposition Leader

China will "absolutely not tolerate" independence for Taiwan, which is the chief culprit in undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping told the island's opposition leader on Friday. Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), ...

How China Became Part of Peru’s Political Crisis

In mid-February, Peruvian president José Jerí was removed from his position of head of state after only four months in office. The ousting wasn’t particularly shocking. Peru has experienced a prolonged governance crisis, with seven presidents cycling through office over the last ten years, the shortest tenure ...

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Three New Polls Show China is Edging Past the U.S. as the World’s Partner

Worry about the Trump administration’s decision-making is leading the public around the world to see China as an increasingly attractive counter-option. This is the main takeaway from three large public opinion polls released recently.
The annual Gallup poll of 130 countries is the largest of the three. They also include new Arab Barometer polling of countries in the Middle East, and an annual ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute poll of Southeast Asia.

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U.S. Miner Moves Into DRC in Bid to Lessen China’s Control on Cobalt

A U.S.-led consortium is set to acquire Democratic Republic of Congo-based Chemaf for $30 million, marking a flagship deal under Washington’s push to counter China in critical minerals. While the upfront price tag is low, the deal is backed by $475 ...

U.S. Frets Over Potential Chinese Role in Brazil’s Santos Port

Kevin Murakami, the U.S. consul general in São Paulo, said Washington would oppose a Chinese company winning a tender for a planned large container terminal at Brazil’s Port of Santos, one of Latin America’s most strategic trade hubs. Murakami warned Brazilian ...

3 Reasons China Will Ignore Donald Trump’s Demand to Contribute Forces to Re-Open Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump on Sunday called on China and several European nations to join a U.S.-led military coalition aimed at forcing Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply. ...

Bolivia Wants Closer U.S. Ties, Without Alienating China: Minister

By José Arturo Cárdenas Bolivia's new government plans to restore full diplomatic ties with Washington "as soon as possible," after a nearly two-decade rupture, Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo told AFP. Relations between Washington and the ...

China’s Global Power Looks Different When Its Partners Are in Crisis

By Felix Brender 王哲謙 On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces executed a dramatic operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, abruptly removing the central figure of a regime that had been one of Beijing’s most emblematic strategic partners in Latin ...

Xi, Putin Hail Ties in Video Call as Ukraine War Nears Anniversary

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their ties during a video call on Wednesday held in the run-up to the fourth anniversary of Moscow's war in Ukraine. In a Russian state TV broadcast of the ...

What to Watch After China’s Strategic Setback at the Panama Canal

On Thursday last week, Panama’s Supreme Court delivered a ruling that was felt in some of the highest offices in both Beijing and Washington. The court declared that the concession granting control of the Balboa and Cristobal ports to Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based ...
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