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Safety Gaps Flagged as Chinese EVs Hit 70% in Thailand

The interior of a BYD Dolphin. Chinese carmakers hold over 70% of Thailand’s EV sales. A TCC study warns safety, warranty and after-sales gaps. (Photo / BYD)
Chinese carmakers account for more than 70% of Thailand’s electric-vehicle sales this year, but a new Thailand Consumer Council study says gaps in safety, warranty, and after-sales rules leave buyers exposed. Thailand ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

India and Pakistan Are Still Arguing Over How Many Chinese Fighter Jets Were Shot Down in Last May’s War

File image of a J-10C Pakistan Air Force fighter jet. Image via the Pakistan Air Force.
More than five months after India and Pakistan engaged in a brief military conflict in early May, the two countries are still squabbling over how many of each other’s fighter jets they shot ...
by Eric Olander

New Insights Emerge About Iran’s Secretive (and Very Lucrative) Trade With China

View of refinery No. 5 (Phases 9, 10) of the​ South Pars Gas-Condensate field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of the Persian​ Gulf in Iran. Photo by Saeid Arabzadeh / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)
It’s been an open secret for years that China and Iran figured out some very creative ways to circumvent international sanctions to conduct billions of dollars in trade every year. Until now, though, ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Premier to Visit North Korea This Week

Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks during the EU-China Business leaders symposium at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 24, 2025. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A. / POOL / AFP)
China’s premier will pay an official visit to North Korea this week, Beijing said Tuesday, announcing the high-level diplomatic engagement to the isolated nuclear state. Despite periods of strained ties between China and ...
by Agence France-Presse

New China-Africa Air Cargo Route From Hainan to Kenya, South Africa

The Kenyan cargo airline Astral Aviation launched new direct service between the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Africa, with service to both Nairobi and Johannesburg. The first flight took off late ...
by Eric Olander

Zambian Perceptions of China Rebound After Ten-Year Decline, Says Afrobarometer

Public opinion of China among Zambians rebounded for the first time last year after a decade of steadily falling, according to the findings of Afrobarometer’s latest survey. While Zambians were more upbeat about ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese FDI in Vietnam Rises as Payouts Hit 5-Year High

File image of an apparel factory in Hanoi, Vietnam that manufactures activewear for various international clothing brands. (Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Chinese FDI in Vietnam ranked as the second source of newly licensed foreign projects in Vietnam in the first nine months of 2025, according to Vietnam’s National Statistics Office (NSO). The country ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Brazil and China Launch $1 Billion Fund to Boost Strategic Investments

Exterior of the China Exim Bank headquarters in Beijing. Image via Xinhua.
Brazil and China unveiled plans for a $1 billion bilateral investment fund, with Brazil’s Development Bank contributing about $400 million and China’s Export-Import Bank committing the remainder. The new fund will target sectors ...
by Eric Olander

China Warns Mexico Over Escalating Trade Fight as Tariff, Anti-Dumping Actions Mount

File image of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce headquarters in Beijing. Image via Xinhua.
The Chinese government warned Mexico that it would “take all necessary measures” to protect its interests in a rapidly escalating trade dispute between the two countries. China’s powerful Ministry of Commerce issued a ...
by Eric Olander

China-Built Frigate for Cambodia Clears Trials; Second Ship at 50%

Cambodia’s first China-built Type 056C frigate clears trials; the second ship is 50% as naval cooperation deepens at Ream Base. (Photo: Tea Banh Facebook)
One of two China-built frigates for Cambodia has completed assembly and passed technical trials, with a second vessel halfway built, former Cambodia defense minister Tea Banh said in a Facebook post dated ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Indonesia Lifts TikTok License Suspension as App Shares Data

LOIC VENANCE / AFP
Indonesia lifted its suspension of TikTok’s local operating license after the social media platform shared data requested by the government about recent protests, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs said. Indonesia has the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Chinese Youth Fear India Will Seize Job Opportunities Under New K Visa

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: “Oh no! Are large numbers of Indians eyeing China and getting ready to move in?”
A recent commentary from College Daily, the largest media platform for Chinese students overseas, examines how China’s newly launched K visa, set to take effect on October 1, is already drawing unusual attention abroad—particularly ...
by Han Zhen

From U.S. Tariffs to Chinese Tables: How Brazil’s Beef Sector Adapted to China’s Changing Appetite

File image of Chinese shoppers buying beef at a supermarket. Image via Global Times.
An article on China Meat Food Network 中国肉类食品网 examines how U.S. tariff policies have disrupted Brazil’s beef exports and how China’s growing appetite for high-quality, affordable beef has helped Brazil weather the storm. After ...
by Han Zhen

Inside China’s African Rail Projects: A Translator’s Unexpected Video Diary

A Chinese translator at a railway construction project in Guineé shares insights of his daily life and how much he earns.
A young Chinese man working as a bilingual English–French translator on Guinean infrastructure projects has found an unusual way to connect with Chinese youth. On the video platform Bilibili, he opened an account to document ...
by Han Zhen

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Eye-Rolling Through the Apocalypse

November’s COP30 gathering in Belém, Brazil, marks three decades since COP1 in Berlin in 1995, and raises a sobering reminder of how deep we’ve sunk into a climate morass of our own making amid non-stop warnings. The evacuation of millions of people and the deaths of at least seventeen due to Typhoon Ragasa’s rampage through the Philippines, Taiwan, and China couldn’t have been more pointedly timed as U.S. and Chinese ...

Indonesia Suspends TikTok License Over Failure to Share Data

(Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Indonesia’s government has suspended the operating licence of video-sharing app TikTok because the platform refused to share data about recent anti-government protests, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs said on Friday. Indonesia ...
by Agence France-Presse

Bookings Open for First India–China Direct Flights Since Pandemic Suspension

India and China will resume direct flights between their two countries this month after a five-year suspension, officials said, with bookings opening on Friday. Direct flights between the world’s two most populous countries ...
by Agence France-Presse

China’s COMAC in Advanced Talks With AirAsia on Jet Sales

The C919 jet of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) in Vietnam on February 27, 2024. AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes says they are in advanced talks with China’s COMAC on narrow-body jets; for Chinese tech and faster delivery. Image via VNExpress.
China’s state-linked planemaker COMAC is in advanced talks with Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia to sell narrow-body jets. “We’re in active discussions. I can confirm that,” AirAsia Tony Fernandes said. “We ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

China-India Direct Flights to Resume After Long Suspension

File image of Indian PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on October 23, 2024. Image via @NarendraModi.
China and India will restart direct flights between selected cities “by late October,” India’s embassy in China said, calling the move part of New Delhi’s “approach towards gradual normalization of relations between ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

WEEK IN REVIEW: China’s BYD Projects One Million EV Deliveries Abroad

For the first time, Chinese EV firms invested more abroad than at home in 2024, led by Southeast Asia assembly plants. Yet core battery cell production remains in China, Rhodium data shows. Image via BYD Brazil
China is reportedly curbing the use of European tech in its communication networks. State buyers of internet and mobile phone components have to submit contracts with companies like Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia for ...
by CGSP Staff

China Connects Alipay, WeChat to Indonesia’s QR Code QRIS

Indonesia and China launch a pilot linking QRIS with Alipay and WeChat, enabling cross-border QR payments with local-currency settlement. The logo of Alipay, January 2025. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
China’s central bank will enable Indonesia’s QR code standard, QRIS, to link with Alipay and WeChat Pay, a new step in an ongoing pilot with Bank Indonesia (BI). The link would let Indonesians ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

China Tops Indonesia Trade, August Surplus Highest Since 2022

Stacks of cargo containers at the Jakarta International Container Terminal in Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta on July 7, 2025.
China was Indonesia’s top buyer and top supplier as Indonesia’s goods trade surplus reached $5.49 billion in August. The number is the highest since November 2022, according to the Indonesian statistics agency. ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Colombian President Fires Beijing Embassy Staff for “Sabotaging” China Outreach

President of Colombia Gustavo Petro speaks during the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) on September 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered staff at his country’s embassy in Beijing to be removed, accusing them of undermining outreach efforts to China. “There is a foreign ministry that feels ashamed of ...
by CGSP Staff

Albanese “Concerned” About BHP Iron Ore Halt

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front, right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, center) at the G20 summit in Brazil last year. Photo by ERIC LEE / POOL / AFP
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he is “concerned” about reports that China has halted iron ore orders from the Australian mining giant BHP. Shipments have reportedly been paused amid price disputes ...
by CGSP Staff

China Sends Pointed Message with South China Sea Flag-Raising

An aerial view of the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in February 2025. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP)
The Chinese Coast Guard held a flag-raising ceremony to mark China’s National Day off the Scarborough Shoal, a zone in the South China Sea also claimed by the Philippines. The ceremony, which ...
by CGSP Staff

China–Malaysia in Rare Earths Refinery Talks, With Tech Transfer

The Lynas Malaysia Advanced Materials Plant. China and Malaysia are in early talks on a rare earths refinery talks, with Chinese tech transfer, amid supply and environmental hurdles. Image via Lynas
China and Malaysia are in early talks on a rare-earth processing project. The potential collaboration could involve Chinese state-linked firms partnering with Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional to build a refinery ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Beijing Pushes Palm Oil, Rubber Supply Guarantees from Jakarta

Large-scale agriculture in China's Hebei Province. China palm oil supply guarantees top Jakarta farm talks as Beijing also seeks rubber and bird’s-nest access, rice R&D, and deeper ties. Image: AFP
China asked Indonesia to guarantee long-term supplies of crude palm oil (CPO), natural rubber, and edible bird’s nest during bilateral farm talks in Jakarta on Tuesday, Indonesia’s vice minister of agriculture, Sudaryono, ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Trump to Meet Argentina’s President Amid China Soybean Tensions

Argentine president Javier Milei (R) receives the 2025 Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award from US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Millei, in two weeks. The meeting comes as huge exports to China threaten an economic deal between the two right-wing governments. ...
by CGSP Staff

Top-Level Leadership Change In CPC’s International Outreach Body

File image of Liu Haixing. Photo: Chinese People's Congress
Liu Jianchao, long the Communist Party of China’s head of international outreach, has been replaced by Liu Haixing, previously a high-ranking security official, as the head of the International Department of the Communist Party of ...
by CGSP Staff

China, Zambia and Tanzania Seal $1.4 Billion Deal to Modernize Tazara Railway

Signing Ceremony for the Tazara Modernization Agreement in Beijing on September 29, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ambassador to South Africa.
More than a year after a memorandum of understanding was signed in Beijing, China, Zambia and Tanzania have finalized an agreement to rehabilitate and modernize the Tazara railway. Built by China in the ...
by Christian Geraud Neema Byamungu

Geely Starts Assembly in Indonesia as the U.S. and EU Tariffs Rise

Geely in Indonesia starts assembly, targeting faster deliveries as the U.S. and EU raise duties on Chinese EVs.(Peter PARKS / AFP)
Geely, the Chinese carmaker, has begun knock-down (KD) assembly in Indonesia through its unit Geely Auto Indonesia. The work is taking place at a plant in West Java. The company says building ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo
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