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Tianqi’s Retreat: How Chinese Giant Lost Control of Chilean Lithium
The Chinese company Tianqi Lithium finalizes the purchase of shares previously held by the Canadian firm Nutrien in the mining company SQM for US$4.066 billion.
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China Expands Investment in Middle Corridor to Boost Eurasian Trade Routes
China is strengthening its strategic and economic footprint across the Middle Corridor, shaping the route's logistics capacity and regional connectivity.
China-LAC Exports, LAC-China Exports and Balance: 2004-2025
Exports from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to China fell moderately to $190.9 billion, while imports to LAC grew significantly to an estimated $286.7 billion.
The Three Faces of Chinese Investment in Southeast Asia
Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a critical role in both domestic and overseas economic activities. Funded and controlled by the government, they serve both economic and diplomatic functions in China-Southeast Asia relations. There are two levels of SOEs: central SOEs, directly controlled by Beijing, and local(sub-national) SOEs, ...
Sino-ASEAN 2026: Evolving Dynamics on Trade, AI, Infrastructure and South China Sea
2026 is a pivotal year for China-ASEAN ties. This year's relationship will be driven by trade, digital integration, and maritime negotiations, with the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) 3.0 upgrade underway and plans for greater digital and AI integration through the Digital Silk Road.
A proposed railway link from Brazil’s Atlantic coast to Peru’s Pacific would cut shipping times to Asia by up to 10 days. This ‘strategic route’ would transport agricultural and mining goods such as iron ore, soybeans, wood pulp, meat and cotton (Illustration: Rafael Nobre / Dialogue Earth)
By Leslie Moreno Custodio and Jorge C. Carrasco For hundreds of years, global traders have faced a problem: how to transport goods as quickly as possible from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The Panama Canal, which cuts through the narrow Central American isthmus, was ...
Tianqi’s Retreat: How Chinese Giant Lost Control of Chilean Lithium
The Chinese company Tianqi Lithium finalizes the purchase of shares previously held by the Canadian firm Nutrien in the mining company SQM for US$4.066 billion.
China Expands Investment in Middle Corridor to Boost Eurasian Trade Routes
China is strengthening its strategic and economic footprint across the Middle Corridor, shaping the route's logistics capacity and regional connectivity.
China-LAC Exports, LAC-China Exports and Balance: 2004-2025
Exports from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to China fell moderately to $190.9 billion, while imports to LAC grew significantly to an estimated $286.7 billion.
The Three Faces of Chinese Investment in Southeast Asia
Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a critical role in both domestic and overseas economic activities. Funded and controlled by the government, they serve both economic and diplomatic functions in China-Southeast Asia relations. There are two levels of SOEs: central SOEs, directly controlled by Beijing, and local(sub-national) SOEs, ...
Sino-ASEAN 2026: Evolving Dynamics on Trade, AI, Infrastructure and South China Sea
2026 is a pivotal year for China-ASEAN ties. This year's relationship will be driven by trade, digital integration, and maritime negotiations, with the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) 3.0 upgrade underway and plans for greater digital and AI integration through the Digital Silk Road.
ASEAN Trust and Distrust Towards China, 2021-2025
ASEAN public sentiment toward China has been shifting over the last five years, with distrust falling from 63% to 41.2%, while trust more than doubled, from 16.5% to 36.6%. Despite the narrowing gap, skepticism still outweighs confidence overall, though trends suggest that might change. As the region ...
The Largest Chinese-Supported Power Projects in Africa
Chinese-supported power projects across Africa are increasingly concentrated in hydropower, solar, and other renewables, even as several large coal plants remain among the biggest by capacity. The current landscape of China-Africa energy projects shows that while coal is still a major part of Beijing's energy footprint in ...
Chinese Companies’ Stake Representation Across The Simandou Project
Chinese state-owned and private firms together control roughly 48% of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, making China the single largest country-level stakeholder. China's Baowu Steel Group stands out as the biggest shareholder, holding nearly a quarter of the entire project.
South Africa-China Trade 2025: Exports vs. Imports Comparison
South Africa retained first place in the list of China's top trading partners in Africa, with $53.7 billion in total trade and, according to Chinese customs statistics, a trade surplus of approximately $8 billion. The diversity of South Africa's imports from ...
DRC-China Trade 2025: Key Exports & Imports Breakdown ($348 Billion)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) fell to third place among China's top African trading partners in 2025, with trade totaling $26.7 billion – $5.1 billion in Chinese exports and $21.6 billion in imports from the DRC. Sino-Congolese trade grew by ...
Top 20 African Exporters to and Importers From China in 2025
In 2025, 90% of Africa's total exports to China were concentrated within 20 countries, amounting to $114.5 billion. Of those, three countries — South Africa, the DRC, and Angola — accounted for 55.4% of Africa's total exports to China. Trade ...
China’s Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Africa Tour History (1991-2026)
Since 1991, China's foreign ministers have traditionally begun each year's diplomatic tour in Africa, visiting a total of 49 African countries to date. In 2026, Wang Yi was scheduled to visit Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, and Lesotho, though the Somalia trip was cancelled at the last minute for ...