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‘Dialogue’ Must Be at Heart of China, Australia Ties, PM Tells Xi

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on July 15, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
By Sam Davies with Steven Trask in Sydney “Dialogue” must be at the heart of ties between Canberra and Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday as he met President Xi ...
by Agence France-Presse

China’s Xi Vows Greater Support for Russia in Lavrov Meeting

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on July 15, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s top diplomat on Tuesday that their countries should “strengthen mutual support”, state media said, as foreign ministers gathered in Beijing for Shanghai Cooperation Organization talks. Meeting Sergei Lavrov ...
by Agence France-Presse

Iranian Foreign Minister to Meet Chinese, Russian Counterparts

An April 2025 file image of Iran's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meeting with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Aranghchi in Beijing. Image: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will reportedly meet with China’s FM Wang Yi and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Foreign Ministers’ gathering in Tianjin on 15 ...
by CGSP Staff

India, China Move to Normalize Relations, But Tensions Remain

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gathering in the Chinese city of Tianjin. This follows high-level bilateral meetings on the ...
by CGSP Staff

Paraguay Says Will Defend Ties With Taiwan, Host Its President

Paraguay's President Santiago Pena delivers a speech during an investment and opportunities forum within the visit by Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung, at the National Administration of Navigation and Ports (ANNP) headquarters in Asuncion on July 14, 2025. (Photo by DANIEL DUARTE / AFP)
Paraguay, Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic ally in South America, vowed Monday to defend its ties with the self-governing democracy claimed by China and announced its president, Lai Ching-te, will visit in August. President ...
by Agence France-Presse

China, India Should Work Towards ‘Win-Win’ Cooperation: Chinese FM

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on July 14, 2025. Image via India's Ministry of External Affairs.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that Beijing and New Delhi should work towards mutual trust and “win-win” cooperation, after talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, state news agency Xinhua reported. ...
by Agence France-Presse

Malaysia Clamps Down on Export, Transit of U.S.-Made AI Chips

(Photo by Long Wei / CFoto / CFOTO via AFP)
Malaysia clamped down Monday on the export, transshipment, and transit of all U.S.-made artificial intelligence chips, seeking to stop illegal trade to countries including China. “Effective immediately, all exports, transships, and transits of ...
by Han Zhen

India’s Top Diplomat Returns to China for the First Time in Five Years

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in China on Sunday, his first visit to the country in five years since violent clashes broke out along their disputed border in the Himalayas. Jaishankar ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Surveillance Ship Intercepted by Philippines in Disputed Waters

View from the Philippines Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua of the PLA Navy electronic surveillance ship Tianwangxing on July 12, 2025. Image via the Philippines Coast Guard.
The Philippine Coast Guard intercepted what appears to be a Chinese intelligence vessel on Saturday that was accompanied by a pair of PLA Navy escort ships that were operating within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic ...
by Eric Olander

Chinese Grad Student in India Sheds Light on How India Talks About China Behind Closed Doors

Li Zishuo, a Chinese student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), posted a viral video that discussed controversial Indian views of China.
A Chinese international relations student known online as “Li Zishuo in India” has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers on Weibo and Bilibili by sharing his experiences studying at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), one of ...
by Han Zhen

Russia’s Lavrov Visits Beijing to Discuss Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers in meeting in Beijing on July 13, 2025. Image via @mfa_russia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Sunday in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart to discuss Ukraine and relations with the United States. Russia’s top diplomat arrived in China following a visit to North ...
by Agence France-Presse

A Crocodile Feast in Congo Brazzaville Sparks a Cultural Reckoning on Chinese Social Media

Popular Chinese food vlogger Bing Shu was shocked to see monkeys, aligators, and rats for sale at a Brazzaville night market.
On the bustling streets of Brazzaville’s so-called “Ghost Market,” a Chinese food vlogger nicknamed Bing Shu captured what he called the “national dish of Congo”: a fresh-killed crocodile feast, right off the street-side chopping block. ...
by Han Zhen

Australia PM in China to Boost Trade Despite Regional Angst

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
By Peter Catterall Anthony Albanese arrived in Shanghai on Saturday to kick off his second visit to China as Australian prime minister, seeking to bolster recently stabilised trade ties even as geopolitical tensions ...
by Agence France-Presse

U.S. and China Have ‘Positive’ Meeting at ASEAN Foreign Minister Talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP)
By Leon Bruneau and Jan Hennop U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi had a “positive” meeting in Malaysia on Friday, both sides said, in an apparent bid ...
by Agence France-Presse

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

BRICS Announces Numerous New Initiatives

The BRICS group wrapped up its two-day leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The summit’s final communique is a 16,000-word doorstop that covers numerous issues from economics to education.
The communique avoids any direct mention of the United States, and references to “unilateralism” and other coded criticism are also relatively scarce. Rather, the communique keeps the focus on the BRICS’ vision of the strengthening and reform of the global multilateral system ...

Rubio to Meet China’s Wang on Sidelines of ASEAN Talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoonjoo on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP)
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers’ meet in Malaysia, the State Department said. ...
by Agence France-Presse

WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump’s New Tariff Threat Hits Asia, Africa, Global Stocks

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a letter on social media on Wednesday saying he intends to impose a 50% tariff on “any and all Brazilian products sent into the United States” from August ...
by CGSP Staff

New Chinese Development Funding for Southern Africa

Exterior of the China Development Bank Tower in Shanghai.
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) signed a $293 million loan facility agreement with China Development Bank. The funding will support energy, infrastructure, water, health, and manufacturing projects on the continent. The ...
by CGSP Staff

Chinese Premier’s Visit Signals Deepening Relationship with Egypt

Chinese Premier Li Qiang at Cairo International Airport with his Egyptian counterpart, Mostafa Kamal Madbouly. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Egypt on Wednesday for a two-day state visit, the newest sign of the deepening relationship between the two countries. Li was received by Egypt’s Prime Minister ...
by CGSP Staff

Trump Courts West Africa to Challenge China’s Critical Minerals Dominance

U.S. President Donald Trump met with five West African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
By Frankie Taggart with Becca Milfeld and Lucie Peytermann in Dakar U.S. President Donald Trump hailed West Africa’s rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House ...
by Agence France-Presse

Thousands of Chinese Fraud Suspects Repatriated from Myanmar

A February 2025 image shows scam center workers and trafficked victims gathered during a rad on a telecom fraud center in Myawaddy. Photo: AFP
Around 5,400 Chinese nationals have been apprehended and repatriated to China following a cross-border crackdown on telecom scamming operations in the Myanmarese region of Myawaddy. The operation was jointly conducted by Chinese, Myanmarese, ...
by CGSP Staff

China Threatens Myanmar Militias on Rare Earths

A 2024 file image of a building destroyed in fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmarese junta forces. Photo: AFP
China has reportedly threatened to stop buying rare earth minerals from areas in Myanmar held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) an ethnic militia battling Myanmar’s ruling military junta. The threat comes as ...
by CGSP Staff

China Says German Plane Laser Claim ‘Inconsistent With Facts’

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning at the regular press briefing in Beijing on July 7, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Beijing dismissed on Wednesday claims by Berlin that the Chinese military had directed a laser at a German aircraft over the Red Sea as “completely inconsistent with the facts”. The foreign ministry in ...
by Agence France-Presse

Why Iran May Be Forced to Kneel: Chinese Commentator Analyzes the Post-war Power Play

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: "How likely is it that Iran will make further compromises?"
A recent commentary from the WeChat public account “战略观察家 (Strategic Observer)” argues that despite Ayatollah Khamenei’s fiery speeches declaring victory and pledging never to surrender, Tehran could soon agree to major concessions under mounting ...
by Han Zhen

China Backs ASEAN Nuclear Weapon-Free Treaty, U.S. in Review

Malaysia's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamad Hasan delivers his keynote address during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 9, 2025. China backs ASEAN Nuclear Weapon Free Treaty, pressure builds on U.S. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
China has expressed its willingness to sign the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty without reservations in a move that may signal renewed diplomatic momentum for one of ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

For China’s Cross-Border Retailers, Africa Is the New Southeast Asia

Jumia, one of Africa's largest e-commerce companies, is now actively recruiting sellers with operational experience on platforms like Shopee, Lazada, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, Noon, and Ozon.
A recent article from Xiaguangshe, a Chinese outlet focused on global business trends, spotlights the growing allure of Africa’s e-commerce market for Chinese sellers. Many merchants who previously focused on Southeast Asia or the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Israel May Strike Iran Again With Trump’s Backing, Driven by Politics Not Just Nuclear Weapons, Chinese Commentators Say

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: "Netanyahu has no way out, the U.S. quietly gives tacit approval, and it turns out Israel never intended to let Iran off the hook."
A Chinese military commentary argues that a renewed Israeli military strike on Iran is highly likely, especially in light of recent U.S. media reports. The piece suggests that Israel’s push toward conflict reflects ...
by Han Zhen

Rubio Departs for Whirlwind Asia Trip Overshadowed by Tariffs

Secretary of State Marco Rubio departs a classified briefing to Senators after the U.S. bombing in Iran on June 26, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio departed for Malaysia on Tuesday for meetings with ASEAN allies, a trip that has been overshadowed by fears of a trade war.
by Agence France-Presse

Berlin Says China Targeted German Plane With Laser Over Red Sea

Berlin on Tuesday said the Chinese military had targeted a laser at a German aircraft participating in an EU-led mission to protect marine traffic in the Red Sea. “Endangering German personnel and disrupting ...
by Agence France-Presse

Southeast Asia’s Responses Split Over Trump’s August 1 Tariffs

Workers at a garment factory in Vietnam's Thai Nguyen Province on July 2, 2025. Southeast Asia’s biggest exporters are responding differently under the newest U.S. tariff pressure. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Southeast Asia’s biggest exporters are responding differently under the newest U.S. tariff pressure. Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia are pursuing divergent strategies to head off duties of up to 36%, set to begin August ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Pakistani Army Chief Rejects China Allegations

A May 2025 image shows commuters in Lahore passing a billboard showing Pakistani leaders, including Asim Munir (in khaki.) Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP
The head of Pakistan’s army, Field Marshal Asim Munir, rejected comments by a senior Indian defense official that Pakistan received active support from China in its recent conflict with India. On Friday, ...
by CGSP Staff
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