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Why the United States Struggles to Compete With China in Building African Infrastructure: Report
When it comes to building infrastructure in Africa, the U.S. dreams of competing with China, but in reality, there is hardly any contest to speak of. This is the main thrust of a new report by the Chinese research body, the Institute for International and Area Studies, ...
China’s Blunt Message for the U.S.: Stay Out of the South China Sea Dispute
The Chinese Foreign Ministry delivered a simple, straightforward, and somewhat blunt message to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in response to his reaffirmation of Washington's "ironclad" promise to defend the Philippines in the event of a war: Stay out of the South China Sea dispute, it has nothing ...
Marcos: U.S. Military Would Only Be Called on if the Philippines Faced an ‘Existential Threat’
One of the looming concerns about the increasingly contentious confrontation between China and the Philippines over territorial disputes in the South China Sea is what would be the trigger for Manila to activate the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the U.S. ...
Blinken Says U.S. Stands by ‘Ironclad’ Commitments to Defend Philippines
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States stands by its "ironclad" commitments to defend longtime ally the Philippines against armed attack in the South China Sea. Blinken's visit ...
China’s Unusually Subdued Response to Blinken’s Philippines Trip
Usually, the arrival of a U.S. cabinet secretary in Southeast Asia provokes a robust Chinese response, with statements from the Foreign Ministry in Beijing and a slew of critical coverage from state and party-controlled media. But in the run-up to U.S. ...
Sure Looks Like Chinese Companies Are Using Mexico as a Backdoor to the U.S. Market to Avoid Tariffs
New data tracking the number of cargo containers traveling from China to Mexico fuels suspicions that Chinese exporters are sidestepping U.S. sanctions by shipping goods to the Central American country, which are then brought over the border tariff-free. Chinese exports to ...
The Scholarly Debate Over Whether China Aims to ‘Weaponize’ the Global South Against the U.S.
There's an increasingly widespread perception among some scholars and government officials in the U.S. that China is leveraging its considerable influence in developing countries to mobilize them against the U.S.-led international order. Michael Shuman, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic ...
Blinken To Meet Philippine Leader On Bolstering Alliance Amid Rising Tensions With China
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to hold talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday as the countries seek to reinforce security and economic ties to counter Chinese influence. Blinken's visit to Manila — his second since ...
Author Jeremy Garlick on China’s Strategic Advantage in the Global South
U.S. and European officials often lament that they've fallen behind China when it comes to engaging Africa, Asia, the Americas, and other developing regions. Western governments aren't set up to rapidly deploy the kind of money and resources that Beijing's done ...
Philippines, China Tensions Increase Ahead of Blinken Visit to Manila
The Chinese and Philippine governments spent the weekend sparring with one another over which country's territorial claims to portions of the South China Sea are more legitimate than the other's. The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. To Meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Next Tuesday
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken next Tuesday to discuss the escalating tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea. Separately, a summit with Marcos and the leaders of Japan and the U.S. is in the final planning stage and ...
Does China Own the Future?
The FT columnist Gillian Tett argued this week that global markets are revealing an interesting paradox: on the one, hand, rising stock prices show that investors are feeling somewhat more optimistic about the future. On the other, gold and bitcoin (both seen as hedges against losses and volatility) ...