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. ...

China to Hand Over New ECOWAS Headquarters in Nigeria

China is preparing to hand over a newly built headquarters complex in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a 15-member regional bloc that promotes economic integration and political cooperation across West Africa. The ...

What’s Behind the Submarine Cables Tying Up Chile’s Presidential Transition

A political transition is underway in Chile this week. President-elect José Kast will be sworn in on Wednesday, and Chile’s long-standing commercial relationship with China will be put to the test. Just days before the inauguration, a dispute about a ...

Attack on Iran Could Buoy Trump in Talks With China’s Xi

By Michael Martina, Mei Mei Chu and Trevor Hunnicutt The U.S. military campaign against Iran has put Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, who ...

Peru Congress Ousts President Jeri Because of China-Linked Secret Meetings

Peru’s Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman. The move will likely extend a cycle of political upheaval that has gripped the Andean nation for much of the past decade.

Peru Congress Ousts President Jeri Because of China-Linked Secret Meetings

By Alexander Villegas and Sarah Morland Peru's Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending a cycle of political upheaval that has gripped the Andean nation for ...

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 ...

China’s Xi Calls for ‘Equal, Multipolar World’ as He Meets Uruguay Leader

China and Uruguay should work together to advance an "equal and orderly multipolar world", President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Yamandu Orsi on Tuesday, as their nations signed up to cooperate in areas from trade to the environment. Orsi's visit is the ...

U.S. Defense Strategy Signals a Harder Line on China in Latin America

In January, the Trump Administration published its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS). The document, which was released without fanfare, confirms that a strategic shift is well underway in the Western Hemisphere, and Latin American and Caribbean states are on the receiving end of that shift.  
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