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Maldives Leader Heads to India to Repair Frail Ties

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will undertake his first state visit to India on Sunday, aiming to repair frail ties between the two South Asian neighbors. Pro-China Muizzu came to power a year ago on a promise to evict dozens of Indian ...

Sri Lanka Approves Controversial Foreign Debt Deal

Sri Lanka's new government has approved a controversial restructure of $14.7 billion in foreign commercial credit tentatively agreed by its predecessor, the finance ministry said Saturday. Former leader Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a deal with international sovereign bondholders and the China Development ...

China Says It Evacuated 215 Nationals From Lebanon

China said Saturday that it has evacuated 215 of its nationals from Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out intense bombardments since last month, resulting in over 1,100 deaths. This week, Israel said its troops launched "ground raids" into parts of ...

Philippines Condemns China Attack of Vietnamese Fishermen

The Philippines on Friday denounced China's alleged assault on Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing are also locked in violent confrontations that have led to fears of armed conflict. Vietnam has accused "Chinese law enforcement forces" ...

With Global Attention Elsewhere, Asia-Pacific Remains a Theater for China-India Rivalry

By Saniya Kulkarni In what has turned out to be the closest election in the history of Sri Lankan politics, left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake has unseated Ranil Wickremesinghe to become the island country’s eighth president, also 

WEEK in REVIEW: Chinese FM Criticizes US Missile Deployment in the Philippines

Chinese naval and air forces conducted patrols around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Saturday after a slew of tense encounters with the Philippines in the disputed waterway in recent months. The patrols coincided with joint exercises carried out by the United States, Australia, Japan, ...

Japan PM Warns ‘Today’s Ukraine Could Be Tomorrow’s East Asia’

Japan's new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, warned in his first policy speech Friday that "today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia" and dubbed the country's low birth rate a "quiet emergency." "Many fear that today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia. ...

Negotiating Chinese Infrastructure Deals: Lessons From Two African Countries

Africa is the only region in the world where access to electricity is actually shrinking. Prolonged drought across large swathes of the continent has severely impacted hydropower production, triggering large-scale electricity outages — most notably in Zambia.

U.S., India to Cooperate on Critical Minerals: Statement

The United States and India are set to work together on supply chains for critical minerals that are key to clean energy technologies, the U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday in a statement. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and India's Minister of ...

Work to Resume at India iPhone Plant After Factory Fire

An Indian factory producing iPhone components was resuming work on Thursday after a fire halted production. This is the third blaze to disrupt Apple's local supply chain since the start of last year. India has pitched itself as an emerging manufacturing ...

Details of Kenya’s New Chinese Loan Emerge

Kenya will use a new loan from China to advance work on 16 different road projects, said a senior Treasury official. Kenya signed a new $279 million loan agreement with China Development Bank on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in September.  ...

China’s Role in the DR Congo Cobalt Supply Chain: Who’s Who?

This report serves as a companion piece to CGSP’s Interactive Cobalt Tracker. While the map provides detailed, up-to-date data on the cobalt industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this report offers the broader context needed to understand that data.
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