Category: Foreign Policy

China’s Wang Yi Urges Resumption of Iran Nuclear Talks in Call With Tehran’s Foreign Minister

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and called for the resumption of nuclear talks. “The current political process for resolving the Iran nuclear issue is at a standstill, and this is not ...

Chinese Scholars See Russia’s Venezuela Strategy as a Model of Hybrid Power Projection in the U.S.’ Backyard

As U.S.–Venezuela ties unravel, a new analysis by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), arguably the country's most influential think tank, claims Moscow is turning Caracas into a key foothold in the Americas: blending military power, energy diplomacy and "anti-hegemonic strategy" to challenge the U.S.

Colombian President Fires Beijing Embassy Staff for “Sabotaging” China Outreach

Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered staff at his country’s embassy in Beijing to be removed, accusing them of undermining outreach efforts to China. “There is a foreign ministry that feels ashamed of engaging with China and sabotages relations. All those ...

Top-Level Leadership Change In CPC’s International Outreach Body

Liu Jianchao, long the Communist Party of China’s head of international outreach, has been replaced by Liu Haixing, previously a high-ranking security official, as the head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (IDCPC.) The body ...

Prominent Chinese Academic Unpacks China’s Role in Global South

Huang Yiping, the dean of Peking University’s Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, a key academic center theorizing the China-Global South relationship, recently gave an address outlining his view of what China can offer the developing world. The key takeaway was ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Pentagon to Propose Radical Strategic Shift Away From China to Focus on Domestic, Hemispheric Threats: Politico

The Pentagon's top policy planners are proposing a dramatic strategic shift that would redirect the U.S. military's primary focus from countering China and Russia globally to focusing instead on the U.S. homeland and projecting power throughout the Western Hemisphere, according to Politico.

China’s Military Parade Cements Superpower Optics

China displayed a vast array of advanced weapons during a large military parade to mark the 80th commemoration of World War II. The parade snaked down Chang'an Avenue in central Beijing. President Xi Jinping delivered a speech on Tiananmen Square and inspected the soldiers from a parade ...

Top Xi Deputy Takes Unexpectedly High Profile Role at SCO

One of Chinese President Xi Jinping's closest aides, Cai Qi, was uncharacteristically prominent in high-level discussions with visiting leaders this weekend on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin. Cai, Director of the Chinese Communist Party's General Office ...

U.S. Senator Seeks Review of Kenya’s ‘Major Non-NATO Ally’ Status, Citing China Ties

One of Washington's most powerful lawmakers is calling for the State Department to review Kenya's status as a Major Non-NATO Ally in response to Nairobi's close ties with China. U.S. Republican Senator James Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 

Chinese Foreign Minister Pledges Support for Brazil in Tariff Fight

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China would support Brazil “in defending its right to development and opposing the bullying practices of arbitrary tariffs,” according to China Daily. He made the comments during a phone call with Celso Amorim, chief advisor to the president of Brazil.

China Rejects NATO Head’s Sanctions Threat

China's Foreign Ministry dismissed comments by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte threatening China, India, and Brazil with secondary sanctions for doing business with Russia. Rutte's comments came a day after President Donald Trump announced new weapons allocations for Ukraine and threatened penalties ...

China Criticizes Paraguay on Taiwan

China’s Foreign Ministry criticized the news that the Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te is scheduled to visit Paraguay and Belize in August, a visit that could also see him making stopovers in the United States. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said: “We ...
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