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2026 is a pivotal year for China-ASEAN ties. This year’s relationship will be driven by trade, digital integration, and maritime negotiations, with the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) 3.0 upgrade underway and plans for greater digital and AI integration through the Digital Silk Road. Meanwhile, ...

ASEAN public sentiment toward China has been shifting over the last five years, with distrust falling from 63% to 41.2%, while trust more than doubled, from 16.5% to 36.6%. Despite the narrowing gap, skepticism still outweighs confidence overall, though trends suggest that might change. As ...

Chinese-supported power projects across Africa are increasingly concentrated in hydropower, solar, and other renewables, even as several large coal plants remain among the biggest by capacity. The current landscape of China-Africa energy projects shows that while coal is still a major part of Beijing’s energy ...

Chinese state-owned and private firms together control roughly 48% of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, making China the single largest country-level stakeholder. China’s Baowu Steel Group stands out as the biggest shareholder, holding nearly a quarter of the entire project. Simandou holds the ...

South Africa retained first place in the list of China’s top trading partners in Africa, with $53.7 billion in total trade and, according to Chinese customs statistics, a trade surplus of approximately $8 billion. The diversity of South Africa’s imports from China, when compared with ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) fell to third place among China’s top African trading partners in 2025, with trade totaling $26.7 billion – $5.1 billion in Chinese exports and $21.6 billion in imports from the DRC. Sino-Congolese trade grew by just 3.1% in 2025, losing its momentum ...