Category: Week in Review

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Kazakhstan on Friday for the Sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The visit will also include a strategic dialogue with his Kazakh counterpart. From there, he will move on to the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brazil on Monday. (CHINESE ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Kazakhstan on Friday for the Sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The visit will also include a strategic dialogue with his Kazakh counterpart. From there, he will move on to the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brazil on Monday. (CHINESE ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Kazakhstan on Friday for the Sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The visit will also include a strategic dialogue with his Kazakh counterpart. From there, he will move on to the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brazil on Monday. (CHINESE ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed new concerns about Chinese engagement in Latin America. “China’s military has too large of a presence in the Western Hemisphere,” Hegseth said at a security conference in Panama. “Make no mistake, Beijing is investing and operating in this region for military advantage ...

The Chinese authorities are reportedly stopping Chinese companies from investing in the United States. Bloomberg reports that China’s key economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, has halted registration and approval processes for firms that want to invest in the U.S. It is unclear how long ...

The Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD reportedly plans to double its annual sales outside of China to more than 800,000 cars in 2025. The company’s chairperson, Wang Chuanfu, said it plans to evade tariffs by expanding local assembling and that it sees “great opportunities” in Latin America and ...

Reuters reports that the Trump administration’s proposed fees on Chinese-made ships are starting to affect U.S. exports. U.S. coal and agricultural products are accumulating as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad. The administration has plans to impose levies of up to $1.5 million on Chinese-made ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce reportedly met on Tuesday with executives from Walmart, following reports that the U.S. retail giant was trying to force Chinese suppliers to lower prices to absorb U.S. government tariffs and shield American consumers from price increases. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in ...

China will push its steel sector to lower production output to drive up prices. The National People’s Congress was told that restructuring in the sector would be encouraged. The size of the output cuts was not specified. The move comes as many Global South countries have put duties ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Politburo and State Council officials to remain calm in the face of international and domestic pressure. China “must enhance its political capabilities and calmly respond to challenges brought about by changes in the domestic and international situation,” he was quoted by Xinhua. The ...

China dismissed accusations that a PLA Air Force helicopter behaved recklessly when it came within 3 meters of Philippines aircraft over the South China Sea on Tuesday.  The Communist Party-run newspaper Global Times said Manila "once again staged a clumsy political show" when it allowed journalists from the ...

Two of China’s state-owned automakers may merge, creating the world’s largest carmaker by sales and eclipsing the current champion BYD. Dongfeng Motor Group and Chongqing Changan Automobile indicated in filings that their ownership structures may change, sparking rumors of a possible merger. Such a move could target overcapacity ...