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China’s Xi to Meet South Korean Leader, Capping APEC Summit

Chinese President XI Jinping and Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the APEC summit in Gyeonju, Souht Koea. Image via APEC.
By Claire Lee Chinese President Xi Jinping will sit down with South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Saturday, capping an Asian summit at which Beijing and Washington agreed to a truce in ...
by Agence France-Presse

China’s Suspension of Rare Earth Controls Applies to EU: Official

EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional relations and Transparency Maros Sefcovic. Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
By Alexandria Sage The EU’s Commissioner for Trade, on Friday, said China’s one-year suspension of its restrictions on rare earth materials would also apply to the bloc, as well as the United States. “My understanding ...
by Agence France-Presse

Japan PM Says Raised ‘Serious Concerns’ With Xi on South China Sea, Xinjiang

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Japan-China summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju on October 31, 2025. (Photo by JAPAN POOL / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / JAPAN OUT
Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she raised “serious concerns” about the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Xinjiang in a “candid” first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi, ...
by Agence France-Presse

Indonesia to Renegotiate China Rail Loan, 5.1m Riders This Year

File image of Indonesia's high speed railway that was built and financed by China. TIMUR MATAHARI / AFP
Indonesia’s Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail “Whoosh” carried 5.1 million passengers in January–October 2025, 6.3% more than a year earlier. The record lifts total ridership to more than 12.2 million since it opened on ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

BYD Quarterly Profit Decline as Exports Can’t Offset China Slump

A BYD car carrier ship offloads vehicles in Bremerhaven, Germany, on February 26, 2024. BYD quarterly profit decline with Q3 profit fell 32.6% to $1.1 billion as China price war hit margins, but forecast exports to double. (Photo: FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP)
BYD quarterly profit declined after price cuts to fight slowing domestic demand; export growth couldn’t fully offset the China slide. Net profit for the three months to September was $1.10 billion, ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

G7 to Launch ‘Alliance’ Countering China’s Critical Mineral Dominance

Energy ministers from the Group of 7 industrial countries in Toronto, Canada. Image via @NatCan
By Ben Simon G7 energy ministers meeting in Canada on Thursday planned to launch a new alliance to counter China’s critical mineral dominance, in a push for more reliable access to the resources ...
by Agence France-Presse

WEEK IN REVIEW: Seoul Summit Signals Reset in China–U.S. Ties

US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
U.S. President Donald Trump left South Korea after the conclusion of his bilateral summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, earlier today. Trump reportedly said the meeting was “amazing” and that the two “agreed ...
by CGSP Staff

China Drops EVs From 2026–2030 Strategic Industry List

BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port at Suzhou Port, in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province. (Photo: AFP)
China has published its economic and industrial priorities for 2026–2030 without explicitly naming new energy vehicles (NEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) among the “strategic emerging fields” it wants to accelerate. This signals that ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Saudi AI Startup to Ban Huawei Equipment

Guests stand at the booth of Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh on October 29, 2025. Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP
The head of Humain, Saudi Arabia’s artificial intelligence startup, said he is confident the United States will allow the sale of high-level AI chips. This follows a series of guarantees provided by the ...
by CGSP Staff

Chinese-Made Weapons Used in the UAE’s Genocide in Sudan

A displaced woman rests in Tawila, in the country's war-torn western Darfur region, on October 28, 2025, after fleeing El-Fasher following the city’s fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Photo via AFP.
The United Arab Emirates is reportedly funneling increasing amounts of Chinese-made weapons to its proxy Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan. The group has repeatedly been accused of staging a genocide in ...
by CGSP Staff

Myanmar Fighters Agree China-Brokered Pullout From Ruby Town

One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed opposition factions has agreed to a China-brokered withdrawal from a lucrative ruby mining hub, the group said on Wednesday. Myanmar has been mired in a civil ...
by Agence France-Presse

China, U.S. to Share ASEAN Defense Table in Kuala Lumpur

File image of the PLA Navy dual carrier armada, the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers. Image via the People's Liberation Army.
Chinese and U.S. defense officials will attend the same ASEAN defense talks in Kuala Lumpur this week. The meeting is part of Malaysia’s moves to gather Southeast Asian states and their partners ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

ASEAN Heading Into Tense New Era as Philippines Takes the Helm

Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (R) is given the ceremonial gavel by Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (L) during the ASEAN summit closing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on October 28, 2025. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
The Philippines became the new chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this week, taking over from Malaysia. The shift marks a new phase that could see the 11-member body become more ...
by CGSP Staff

China Among Top Investors as Thailand Logs $42.6 Billion in 2025 Projects

Foreign investors put $42.6 billion into Thailand high-end production hub for EV batteries and data centers.
Chinese and regional investors are backing Thailand’s push to become a high-end production and data hub for Southeast Asia. The country’s Board of Investment said investors filed about $42.6 billion worth of ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

Malaysia’s U.S. Trade Pact Triggers China, Sovereignty Backlash

US President Donald Trump (L) and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (R) hold signed documents during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
The United States is moving to cut China out of the supply chains for rare earths, critical minerals, and advanced electronics, and it is using Malaysia-U.S. rare earths deal to do it, as ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Japan-U.S. Ties Key to Deterring China ‘Aggression’: Pentagon

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Japan's Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi after their meeting at the defense ministry in Tokyo on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / POOL / AFP)
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Japan-U.S. alliance was “critical to deterring Chinese military aggression”, as his Japanese counterpart confirmed plans to accelerate a defense spending target. The comments came in the ...
by Agence France-Presse

China and ASEAN Sign Updated Free Trade Deal

China’s Premier Li Qiang (left) and Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim (right) shake hands as their ministers sign the upgraded ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA 3.0) pact during the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 28, 2025. China urges ASEAN to fight power politics and economic bullying. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed an updated free trade agreement on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Negotiations on upgrading their earlier trade ...
by CGSP Staff

China Urges ASEAN Unity as ACFTA 3.0 Trade Pact Signed

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim (R) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang (C) walk as they arrive ahead of the signing ceremony for the ASEAN–China Free Trade Area 3.0 Upgrade and the 28th ASEAN–China Summit, held as part of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 28, 2025. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa / POOL / AFP)
China urges ASEAN unity and told Southeast Asian governments to stand with Beijing against “power politics and economic bullying” as it signed an upgraded free trade pact with the Association of Southeast Asian ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

China Backs RCEP, Warns Protectionism Threatens Region

China's Premier Li Qiang attends the 20th East Asia Summit during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, 2025. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
China backs RCEP, told Asian governments that it will defend open trade and keep regional supply chains stable through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Chinese Premier Li Qiang, at a ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Thailand Faces Backlash Over U.S. Rare Earth Deal Aimed at China

US President Donald Trump (R) holds up a document with Thailand's PM Anutin Charnvirakul in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
The U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Sunday signed a rare earths and critical minerals memorandum on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur. ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

U.S., Japan Sign Agreement on ‘Securing’ Rare Earths Supply

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and US President Donald Trump attend a signing ceremony after a Japan-US Summit at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo on October 28, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
The United States and Japan signed an agreement on Tuesday for “securing” supplies of critical minerals and rare earths, the White House said, as President Donald Trump visited Tokyo. The deal comes as ...
by Eric Olander

As Indonesia Seeks to Restructure Rail Debt, China May Use Talks to Broaden Yuan’s Global Role

File image of Indonesia's high speed railway that was built and financed by China. TIMUR MATAHARI / AFP
Indonesian debt talks with Chinese creditors over restructuring $7.3 billion of loans used to build the Southeast Asian country’s high-speed railway are on track, according to sources on both sides, but there are ...
by Eric Olander

As Trump Departs, China’s Li Qiang Steps In to Champion Free Trade at ASEAN Summit

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shake hands on the opening day of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, 2025. Image via Bernama.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang arrived in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday to take part in the ASEAN leaders’ summit that started over the weekend. Li’s arrival came one day after U.S. ...
by Eric Olander

Addressing China, U.S. Gets Full Rare Earth Access from Malaysia

US President Donald Trump (L) and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (R) hold signed documents during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
The United States is moving to lock in Malaysia as a secure economic and strategic partner in Southeast Asia. The U.S.–Malaysia rare earths agreement ties market access to U.S. rules on critical ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

US, China Outline Trade Truce Plan Ahead of Trump–Xi Talks

U.S. President Donald Trump in the tarmac of Kuala Lumpur airport, October 2025. (Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
The United States and China said they have agreed on a basic outline to limit their trade fight, and U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects to “have a deal with China” ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

U.S. Navy Fighter Jet and Helicopter Crash in South China Sea

The U.S. Navy says a Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed in the South China Sea on October 26, 2025. A U.S. Navy helicopter landing on USS Nimitz on January 18, 2020. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / Getty Images via AFP)
The U.S. Navy said a Navy fighter jet and a helicopter crashed in South China Sea on Sunday. The separate incidents happened about 30 minutes apart in waters that China says fall ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Pentagon Chief Hegseth Set for Multi-Country Asia Tour

.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced the successes of his administration’s task force including the arrests of over 3,000 cartel and foreign terrorist members. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit four Asian countries in the coming days, the Pentagon announced Sunday, his second tour of the “priority” region where Washington is urging increased spending by allies ...
by Eric Olander

Indonesia Raises $842 Million in First-Ever Yuan Bonds

Indonesia raised about $842 million by selling 6 billion yuan in offshore “Dim Sum” bonds, its first-ever in China’s currency. (Photo: Frederic Brown / AFP)
Indonesia raised about $842 million, equal to 6 billion yuan, by selling bonds to international investors denominated in China’s currency, the yuan, for the first time. The sale marks the first time ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

China Aims to Balance Development of Imports and Exports

China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao attends a press conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
China must strive for the “balanced development” of imports and exports, its commerce minister, Wang Wentao, said Friday, a day after meetings on the country’s future policy priorities concluded in Beijing. The four ...
by Agence France-Presse
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