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China Commits to Palestinian Statehood
China committed to playing ‘a positive role’ in trying to resolve the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian dispute following the meeting on Wednesday between President Xi Jinping and the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. The two signed a bilateral strategic partnership which includes a ...
Graph of the Day: Where Does China’s Coal Come From?
Finland's Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air recently published a fascinating report on recent fluctuations in China's coal imports. Imports have spiked due to politics-inflected resumptions of imports from Indonesia and Australia, as well as because of moves to ...
Messi Shouts Out Chinese Fans on Taobao
Argentinian football phenom Lionel Messi appealed to his Chinese fans in the most Chinese way possible: via a live appearance on the giant e-commerce platform Taobao. Flanked by Chinese e-commerce influencers, Messi wished Chinese fans a "happy Dragon Boat Festival." While ...
New Chinese-Backed Refinery Could Help Angola Shift From Importing Petroleum Products to Becoming an Exporter
Flush with petroleum, Angola is one of the world’s largest oil producers yet still starved for energy. The problem is that the country lacks sufficient refining capacity, forcing it, like other African oil-exporting countries, to import most of its petroleum products. ...
Honduran President Leaves China With Deals and a Sense That Dumping Taiwan Was the Right Thing to Do
Honduran President Xiomara Castro heads home on Wednesday after what she described as a "historic" six-day trip to China that culminated with a meeting with President Xi Jinping. Xi complemented Castro for her "historic decisiveness" and "strong political will" for fulfilling her ...
White House Pressed to Explain Muddled Response to Report About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba
The White House is defending its seemingly contradictory response to last week's Wall Street Journal report that claimed China is building a new base in Cuba to spy on the United States. When the report first came out, National Security Council Spokesperson ...
Chinese Scholars Are (Really) Confident China Can Mediate a Settlement Between Palestinians and Israelis
There is an emerging consensus among prominent Mideast scholars in China that Beijing is now the ideal mediator to help broker a settlement to the seemingly intractable Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Their confidence (which some might see as hubris) is rooted in the ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary, Chinese Premier Both Scheduled to Attend Global Financial Conference in Paris
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang are both scheduled to attend the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris next week, where debt relief for the world's poorest countries is expected to be high on the agenda.
China’s Horn of Africa Envoy Addresses East African Leaders’ Forum in Djibouti
China's low-profile special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing, made a rare public appearance on Monday to address the opening session of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Leaders forum in Djibouti. Xue joined special envoys from Italy, the ...
Veteran Chinese Diplomat is New Envoy to Zimbabwe
China's new envoy to Zimbabwe, Zhou Ding, presented his credentials to President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week to become the second Chinese ambassador in Africa (after Zhao Bin in the DRC) to take up their post this year. Zhou, like Zhao, comes ...
Why China Wins and the West Loses When the Price of Cobalt Drops
U.S. and European automakers are rejoicing over the 30% plunge in cobalt prices this year, providing relief for one of the costliest elements needed to power electric vehicles. But what's good for Tesla, Ford and VW is not aligned with the ...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Arrives in Beijing
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, arrived in Beijing for a four-day visit that will see meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The trip (Abbas’s first visit to Beijing since 2017) is being framed as an attempt to ...