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Chinese Exports Top Forecasts but Imports Slow Sharply
China's exports jumped in August but imports fell well short of expectations, data showed Tuesday, as the country's leaders struggle to boost consumption in the world's second-largest economy. Overseas shipments expanded 8.7 percent on-year last month, according to China's General Administration ...
U.S. Military Warns Beijing Against ‘Dangerous’ South China Sea Moves in Talks
A senior U.S. military official warned his Chinese counterpart against Beijing's "dangerous" moves in the South China Sea during the first talks between the commanders. Washington and Beijing remain at odds on issues from trade to the status of self-ruled Taiwan ...
Economic Giants Align: Brazil’s Growing Partnership with China
2024 has been a pivotal year for Brazil-China relations. Last month marked 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations, and in celebration of this milestone, President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Brazil by the end of the year. ...
Kenyan Opposition Leader Slams President for Going to Africa Summit in China
One of Kenyan President William Ruto's most outspoken rivals, Raila Odinga, head of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), blasted the president for traveling to China to attend last week's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that took place in Beijing. "I ...
Chinese Warship Wraps Up Port of Call to Vietnam as Hanoi Engages in High-Level Security Talks With the U.S.
A PLA Navy warship concluded a three-day rest and replenishment port of call in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay on Friday. The unnamed warship was on its way back from joint naval exercises with Singapore when it made the stop in Vietnam. ...
Saudi Looks to Team Up With China to Build EV Supply Chain, From Metals to Manufacturing
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef arrived in Guangzhou last week, a midway stop in an Asian tour that he hopes will help the Kingdom to become a major player in the burgeoning electric vehicle industry. ...
Police Chief Says China to Train 3,000 More Overseas Cops
By Isabel Kua China will train thousands of law enforcement officers from different countries over the next 12 months, its police chief said Monday, as it seeks to cement its role as a global security provider.
China Says Premier Li Qiang to Visit Saudi, UAE This Week
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Monday. "From September 10 to 13, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will travel to Saudi Arabia to chair the Fourth ...
Palestinian Responses to the Beijing Declaration
By Raphael Angieri On July 23, 2024, in a development feted by Chinese state-run media as a triumph of the country’s Middle East diplomacy, representatives of 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, jointly signed the “Beijing Declaration to End Division and ...
[DOUBLE EPISODE] The China-Africa Summit Debrief
The three-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit wrapped up in Beijing on Friday. The big headline from this year's gathering was the announcement that China will provide $50.7 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years.
FOCAC and China’s Global Messaging
This year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was partly aimed at reinvigorating a relationship many had framed as declining. Preceded by new data showing that Chinese project financing in Africa increased after a multi-year fall, China sought to use FOCAC to present an image of its engagement with ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China Signs Deal to Revamp TAZARA Railway
China and the Philippines accused each other of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near the disputed Sabina Shoal on Saturday. A China Coast Guard (CCG) spokesperson said the Philippines ship “deliberately collided with” a Chinese vessel. Meanwhile, officials in Manila said the opposite: that a CCG ship “directly ...