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Riyadh and Beijing Push Ahead With Tech Cooperation as Saudi Firms Distance From Huawei

File image of Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources. Photo: RODGER BOSCH / AFP
Saudi Arabia and China are moving to deepen their already sizeable cooperation across a range of advanced technologies. The kingdom’s National Industrial Development Center held a meeting on Wednesday with a delegation comprising leaders ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng Meets Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sidelines of Qatar Summit

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari briefly on Wednesday for a bilateral session on the sidelines of the World Summit for Social Development in Qatar. The two ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Warships Gather in Gulf of Aden for Naval Handover Ceremony

The PLA Navy's 47th and 48th escort task groups sail in formation in the Gulf of Aden on November 1, 2025. Video via the PLA Navy.
Six Chinese warships recently converged in the Gulf of Aden for a handover ceremony as one task force group relieved another to conduct patrols as part of the multinational anti-piracy operations. China ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Wang Yi Urges Resumption of Iran Nuclear Talks in Call With Tehran’s Foreign Minister

Official photo released by Iran's state-run Press TV of Foreign Ministers Abbas Araghchi and Wang Yi who spoke by phone on November 4, 2025.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and called for the resumption of nuclear talks. “The current political process for resolving the Iran nuclear issue ...
by Eric Olander

What a Routine Hunan Delegation Says About China’s Evolving Africa Strategy

Representatives from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with a visiting delegation from the central Chinese province of Hunan on November 3, 2025 in Nairobi. Image via the KNCCI.
A delegation from Hunan province met with officials from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry this week in Nairobi for what appeared to be pro forma discussions about enhancing trade and cooperation ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Unit to Build 70 MW Solar Plant to Power Lithium Processing in Zimbabwe

File image of Zhejiang Huayou subsidiary Prospect Lithium in Zimbabwe that will soon leverage 70mw of solar power for early stage lithium processing. Image via Zhejiang Huayou.
Zimbabwe-based Prospect Lithium, a unit of Chinese mining giant Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, announced that it will begin construction on a new 70 megawatt off-grid solar facility that will be used to power early-stage lithium ...
by Eric Olander

Copper’s Bull Run Faces Reckoning as China Weighs Production Caps

File image of Zambian copper plates loaded on a truck bound for South Africa. David Pyke / Green Eye / Biosphoto / Biosphoto via AFP)
There’s been a dramatic turnaround in the price of copper on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, with the red metal suffering its largest one-day loss in three weeks on Tuesday. What’s unusual here is ...
by Eric Olander

China Kicks off Program to Import More Foreign Goods

China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao speaks during the launch ceremony for the "Big market for all: Export to China" event in Shanghai on November 4, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
China on Tuesday launched a programme to encourage its citizens to buy more imports, as Beijing pushes a long-term plan to turn the country into a major consumer nation. Premier Li Qiang and ...
by Agence France-Presse

Chinese Scholars See Russia’s Venezuela Strategy as a Model of Hybrid Power Projection in the U.S.’ Backyard

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)
As U.S.–Venezuela ties unravel, a new analysis by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), arguably the country’s most influential think tank, claims Moscow is turning Caracas into a key foothold in the Americas: ...
by Eric Olander

Kenya Breaks Ground for World’s First Geothermal-Powered Fertilizer Plant in Partnership With China’s Kaishan Group

Kenyan President William Ruto reviews plans for an $800 million geothermal facility that will power a new fertilizer plant.
Kenyan President William Ruto led a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for a new $800 million geothermal power facility that will produce 100,000 tons of green ammonia and fertilizer annually. The project, a joint ...
by Eric Olander

Israeli Military Suspends Use of Popular Chinese SUV Over Spying Concerns

File image of the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro, a Chinese-made SUV that the Israel Defense Force confiscated from senior officers out of concern the vehicle's cameras could be used to collect sensitive information.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reportedly recalled 700 Chinese-made vehicles, mostly the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro, used by senior officers in response to concerns that the cameras on the SUVs could be used ...
by CGSP Staff

South Africa Fast Emerging as a Major Hub For Chinese Auto Sales and Manufacturing

File image of the BAIC B30, the third model by the Chinese state-owned automaker that will be manufactured in the company's South Africa plant. Image via BAIC
Chinese automakers are ramping up their sales outreach and manufacturing operations in South Africa, Africa’s dominant auto market that accounts for somewhere between a third to a half of all sales on the ...
by Eric Olander

China-Linked Platforms Gain Ground in Southeast Asia, With Vietnam Leading the Next Phase of Growth

E-commerce gross merchandise value, 2024 ($B)
Chinese e-commerce companies are solidifying their dominance of Southeast Asia’s rapidly expanding online shopping market, accounting for as much as half of business-to-consumer e-commerce, according to a new study by the consulting firm ...
by CGSP Staff

China Issues Death Sentences to 5 Members of Myanmar Gang

A Chinese court in Shenzhen handed down stiff sentences on November 4, 2025, including the death penalty, to a criminal gang that led scam operations in Myanmar. Image via Xinhua
China sentenced five people to death on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent criminal gang with fraud operations in Myanmar’s Kokang region along the border, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished ...
by Agence France-Presse

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 ...

Chinese Embassy Rebukes European Official’s Critique of Ghana Trade Relations

A six-member delegation from the European Union parliament met with legislative counterparts in Ghana where they warned against the dangers of becoming overly reliant on China for trade. Image via the Parliament of Ghana.
The Chinese embassy in Ghana blasted remarks by David McAllister, chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, who led a six-member delegation to visit legislators in Accra and warned about ...
by Eric Olander

Philippines and Canada Seal Troop Pact, Expanding Manila’s Web of Defense Ties Amid China Tensions

Philippines' Secretary of National Defence Gilberto Teodoro (R)with Canadian Minister of Defence David McGuinty hold their signed documents of the visiting forces agreement after their bilateral meeting in Manila on November 2, 2025. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
The Philippines and Canada signed a visiting forces agreement on Sunday, allowing Canadian troops to conduct joint exercises, deepening defense ties amid rising tensions with China in the South China Sea. The pact ...
by Eric Olander

China Denounces Philippines’ Joint Sea Exercises With U.S. and Allies, Calling Them a Threat to Stability

One of five PLA Navy warships that tracked joint maritime drills conducted by Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and the United States on October 30 and 31, 2025. Image via @jessiecruzat
The People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command on Saturday accused the Philippines of undermining regional peace and stability for organizing joint naval exercises with Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Spokesperson Tian Junli accused ...
by Eric Olander

U.S. Defense Chief Lauds China Ties, Then Sounds Alarm Over Beijing’s Aggression at ASEAN Meeting

A general view shows ministers at the ASEAN-United States Defence Ministers Hi-Tea at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain / POOL / AFP)
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth conveyed two seemingly contradictory messages on China during his discussions with his Southeast Asian counterparts during the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. ...
by Eric Olander

US Offers ASEAN Surveillance Help, Then Praises China Ties

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for an ADMM meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 1, 2025. (Dita Alangkara/Pool/AFP)
The United States on Saturday told Southeast Asian defence ministers it is ready to share technology and information to help them watch Chinese activity in the disputed South China Sea and respond ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Learning the Latin American Way: How Chinese Companies Are Rewriting Their Playbook Overseas

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: “Many things remind us that Mexico is really different from China.”
A report in the popular nationalist news site Guancha.cn (Observer) draws on a year of field interviews with Chinese managers and entrepreneurs working across Latin America. It explores how firms accustomed to China’s high-speed, ...
by Han Zhen

Chinese Scholars See Russia’s Venezuela Strategy as a Model of Hybrid Power Projection in the U.S.’ Backyard

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)
Amid the ongoing deterioration of U.S.–Venezuelan relations, one analysis from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Latin American Studies, offers a valuable perspective on how Russia extends its global influence through selective partnerships ...
by Han Zhen

Chinese Media View Milei’s Victory as Deepening Argentina’s Tilt Toward the U.S. and Wall Street

Argentina's President Javier Milei waves to supporters as he arrives at the ruling party's La Libertad Avanza headquarters following the results of the national midterm legislative election in Buenos Aires on October 26, 2025. Photo by LUIS ROBAYO / AFP
Chinese observers interpret Javier Milei’s triumph not simply as a domestic win for libertarian reform but as a struggle that places Argentina squarely under the shadow of Washington and Wall Street. In an analysis
by Han Zhen

Philippines, Canada Sign Visiting Troops Deal

Philippines' Secretary of National Defence Gilberto Teodoro (R)with Canadian Minister of Defence David McGuinty hold their signed documents of the visiting forces agreement after their bilateral meeting in Manila on November 2, 2025. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
The Philippines signed a visiting forces agreement with Canada on Sunday, the latest in a series of pacts aimed at countering Beijing’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippines and China ...
by Agence France-Presse

South Korea Hosts Xi as Chinese Leader Rekindles Fraught Ties

Chinese President XI Jinping and Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the APEC summit in Gyeonju, Souht Koea. Image via APEC.
By Claire Lee South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted Xi Jinping for their first meeting on Saturday as the Chinese head of state took center stage and reforged old ties at an ...
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
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