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Sri Lanka said Friday it had leased a white elephant international airport built with Chinese loans to a foreign joint venture as the island nation's bankrupt government seeks to offload loss-making assets. The small airport near a wildlife sanctuary on the ...
Words Come Easy, Action Does Not: China in the Context of Sudan
By Felix Brender Earlier this month, media and commentators briefly shifted their hyperfocus from conflicts that fit into an easy-to-grasp Disney-style good/bad binary to “one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory:” the consequences of the most recent round of sectarian ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Will Visit China Next Month
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China next month in a bid to "restore confidence" following a series of terrorist attacks against Chinese interests in the South Asia country. Sharif will try to reassure officials in Beijing that the development of the $65 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor remains ...
Philippine Government Disavows Deepfake Audio of President Marcos Directing Military to Act Against China
A video of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. purportedly ordering the Philippines Armed Forces to take action against China circulated widely on YouTube on Wednesday, prompting an immediate response from the president's communications team who denounced it as a "deepfake." The audio on ...
African Union Officials Gently Raise the Issue of Chinese Treatment of Local Workers During Human Rights Talks
Diplomats from China and the African Union met this week as part of a regular dialogue focused on human rights. Even though Monday's talks were premised on making "concrete recommendations to pressing human rights concerns in both regions," neither side made ...
South China Sea: Litmus Test for Indonesia-China Defense Ties
On April 12, Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian told the media that China intended to bolster military ties with Indonesia. Wu Qian made the remark after Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto’s recent visit to China–the first overseas trip since Prabowo won the election in February.
Myanmar Junta Minister Heads to Beijing for Security Talks
The Myanmar junta's home minister has left for China for security talks with Beijing's minister for public security, state media said Thursday. Lieutenant-General Yar Pyae left for China on Wednesday for a "working visit to discuss law enforcement and security cooperation ...
Philippines Takes Delivery of Medium-Range Indian Supersonic Missiles as Both Countries Seek to Send a Message to China
The Philippine Marines are now installing four new missile batteries that arrived from India over the past few days to alter the equation in Manila's increasingly contentious duel with Beijing over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The delivery of BrahMos ...
Malaysia Sells a Lot More Oil (Mostly to China) Than It Produces
Iran sold just $1.2 billion worth of goods to China in the first quarter of the year, according to new China Customs data released this week. That figure, though, is wholly misleading since it does not align with the news that
Anger Erupts in Nigeria Over Chinese Supermarket’s Alleged Discrimination Against Local Customers
Nigerian consumer protection authorities shuttered a Chinese supermarket in the capital Abuja in response to a video that went viral over the weekend. The video seemingly shows the store refusing entry to Black customers. The Royal Choice supermarket is located inside the ...
China Intensifies SE Asian Diplomacy Amid U.S.-Philippine Exercises
Tensions are high in the South China Sea as the Philippines kicks off its annual Balikatan joint military exercises with the United States. The opening ceremony of the three-week, 17,000-troop operation took place on Tuesday, aimed at “highlighting ironclad alliance” between Washington and Manila, according to the U.S. ...
Should China Use Its Influence With Iran to Help the U.S. and Israel?
Senior U.S. leaders have once again called on China to use its considerable economic leverage to persuade Iran to change its behavior in the escalating conflict with Israel. Various U.S. officials have made this same request on several occasions already, going ...