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WEEK IN REVIEW: Nvidia China Deal Tests U.S. Export Rules

Photo by JAKUB PORZYCKI / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP
China convened representatives from 43 countries at the United Nations in New York to establish the Group of Friends of Global Governance, a group dedicated to the implementation of China’s Global Governance Initiative. In ...
by CGSP Staff

China and Brazil Build Space Laboratory

A 2024 file image of CETC's headquarters in Beijing. Photo by CFOTO / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP
Brazil has reportedly started building a joint lab with a Chinese company to advance space technology. A spokesperson for the Chinese defense tech company China Electronics Technology Group Corp (CETC) confirmed that ...
by CGSP Staff

China Releases New Policy for Latin America and the Caribbean

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after a signing ceremony and a joint press conference, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 13, 2025. (Photo by TINGSHU WANG / POOL / AFP)
The Chinese government released its third policy paper on Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday. It follows earlier documents issued in 2008 and 2016. The document outlines cooperation plans across a ...
by CGSP Staff

IMF Calls for RMB Appreciation

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (C) at a news conference in Beijing on 10 December 2025. Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP
The head of the International Monetary Fund called on China to allow the renminbi to strengthen, increase domestic consumption, and reduce its dependence on exports IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters in ...
by CGSP Staff

U.S., Japan Hold Joint Air Exercise After China-Russia Patrols

Japanese fighter jets fly alongside a U.S. B-52 bomber as part of a joint training exercise over teh Sea of Japan on December 11, 2025. Image via the U.S. Pacific Air Forces.
Japan said Thursday it held a joint air exercise with the United States in a show of force, days after Chinese-Russian patrols in the region and following weeks of diplomatic feuding between Tokyo ...
by Agence France-Presse

Japan, NATO Share ‘Grave Concern’ Over China, Russia Flights: Tokyo

NATO chief Mark Rutte spoke by video conference with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on December 10, 2025 about escalating security tensions with Russia and China in Asia. Image via @shinjirokoiz
NATO chief Mark Rutte and Japan’s defence minister shared their “grave concerns” about recent joint patrols by Chinese and Russian aircraft, Tokyo said. The incident on Tuesday came as Japan-China relations worsen after ...
by Agence France-Presse

Mexico Approves Measure Raising Tariffs on Chinese Imports

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo speaks during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/NurPhoto)
Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday backed a measure to raise tariffs on goods from China and other countries that do not have trade agreements with Mexico, despite strong pushback from Beijing. The move, spearheaded ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Seeks ‘Fair’ South China Sea Order as It Rejects 2016 Ruling

China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Manila on March 24, 2023. China urges ASEAN cooperation to ease South China Sea disputes while rejecting a 2016 arbitration ruling and facing new tensions. (Francis R. Malasig/Pool/AFP)
China’s vice-foreign minister told a major forum on Wednesday that Beijing wants to ease disputes with Southeast Asian neighbours in the South China Sea and build a “fair and just” maritime order. At ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

High-Level Kenya-China Meeting on Security

A 2024 file image of Raymond Omollo, Principal Secretary of Internal Security and National Administration and Coordination. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP
Kenya hosted a high-level delegation from China to discuss improving the security of Chinese workers and project sites in the country. Raymond Omollo, Kenya’s Principal Secretary of Internal Security and National Administration and ...
by CGSP Staff

China, Iran, Saudi Arabia Reiterate Cooperation, But Barriers Remain

A 2023 file image taken at the signing of the original China-Saudi Arabia-Iran Joint Trilateral Statement, showing (L to R) Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Saudi Minister of State, Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, and Ali Shamkhani, Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. Photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Officials from China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia convened in Tehran for trilateral talks on Tuesday. It was the third meeting of their trilateral committee following China’s brokering of a historical Iran-Saudi detente in ...
by CGSP Staff

China’s $180 Billion Clean Tech Push Reshapes the Global South

File image of a worker cleaning solar panels installed on the roof of the traditional Gedhe market in Klaten, Central Java. China’s $180 billion clean tech push is reshaping the Global South, with Indonesia a key test of who controls new green industries. (Photo: DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
Indonesia has become a key test case of China’s clean-energy expansion overseas. A recent report counts about $22.6 billion in Chinese-linked projects have been announced there over the past two years, including ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

South Korea Scrambles Jets After Russian, Chinese Planes Approach

File image of a South Korean F-15K Slam Eagle at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on October 17, 2025. Photo by CHRIS JUNG / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP
South Korea said it had sent up fighter jets on Tuesday after seven Russian and two Chinese military aircraft entered its air defense zone. The Russian and Chinese aircraft entered the Korea Air Defense Identification ...
by Agence France-Presse

Nepal Charges Chinese Company with Corruption

A Sichuan Airlines flight departs from Pokhara International Airport on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Yunish Gurung / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
An anti-corruption body in Nepal charged 55 people, including five ex-ministers, with corruption. They are accused of colluding with China CAMC Engineering Co., a subsidiary of the state-owned corporation Sinomach, in corruption ...
by CGSP Staff

Chinese Weapons a Trigger in Thai-Cambodia Conflict: Report

US President Donald Trump (R) holds up a signed document with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet (L) and Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (C) during the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Thai airstrikes against Cambodian military facilities on Monday reportedly targeted Chinese-made rockets. Reuters reported a Thai military official saying the strikes were preceded by surveillance showing the presence of Chinese rockets that could hit ...
by CGSP Staff

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The G20 Summit and the Half-Life of a Joke

When it was announced in 2023 that the African Union would become a full member of the G20, I darkly joked on a podcast that the AU’s entry into the body could very well mark the moment the G20 lost its status as one of the most important global coordination forums. Mark my words, I said, soon The Economist will be like “Uhhh, the G20 is OVER – it’s the ...

Beijing Court Orders Compensation for Eight MH370 Passengers

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, Malaysia's transport ministry said on December 3, 2025, more than a decade after the plane disappeared. Photo by ARIF KARTONO / AFP
A Beijing court has ordered compensation for some families of Chinese passengers who vanished on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The rulings are the first clear decisions in lawsuits that have dragged on ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Transsion, Africa’s Mobile Phone Powerhouse, Seeks Hong Kong Listing to Fuel Global Expansion

The Transsion logo shown on a smartphone in front of a company office in Chongqing. Photo by LI HONGBO / CFOTO / CFOTO VIA AFP
Shenzhen-based Transsion Holdings, the longtime dominant cell phone maker in Africa and other developing regions, filed an application last week with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for a secondary listing. The company already trades on ...
by Eric Olander

China Presses Its Global Security Vision in Africa With High-Level AU Briefing

China convened a high-level seminar at the African Union headquarters in Addis Abba to brief AU and UN diplomats about Beijing's Global Security Initiative. Image via Xinhua.
The Chinese government is ramping up promotion of its Global Security Initiative to key stakeholders in Africa. Last week, the Foreign Ministry organized a briefing seminar on the GSI at the African Union headquarters in Addis ...
by Eric Olander

Kidnapping of Chinese Road Builders in Nigeria Underscores Rising Security Fears

Reports are coming out from Western Nigeria that two Chinese nationals supervising the construction of a 130km road project near the border with Benin were kidnapped by bandits. The incident took place ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Aerial Confrontations With Japan and Philippines Stoke Regional Anxiety Amid U.S. Silence

Image of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning that the Chinese government asserts Japanese fighter jets "harassed", prompting Chinese J-15 jets to respond by locking their radar on them. Image via Xinhua.
Tensions surged over the weekend after two dangerous mid-air confrontations between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets and another with a Philippine aircraft over disputed territory in the South China Sea. Tokyo and ...
by Eric Olander

BYD Is Third in Indonesia as November Sales Fall

BYD vehicles await export at a Hangzhou terminal, June 2, 2025. (Photo: Long Wei/CFoto via AFP)
China’s BYD has climbed into Indonesia’s top three car brands by monthly wholesale sales, and top six on yearly sales to date, underscoring how quickly Chinese automakers are gaining ground in a ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion Despite Plunge in US-Bound Exports

An aerial view shows stacked containers at the Shanghai Port container terminal in Shanghai on December 8, 2025. STR/AFP
By Peter Catterall China’s towering annual trade surplus surpassed $1 trillion for the first time last month, data showed Monday, as a sharp drop in shipments to the United States was offset by ...
by Agence France-Presse

Macron Threatens China With Tariffs Over Trade Surplus

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at Sichuan University during a meeting with students in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier / POOL / AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday. “I told them ...
by Agence France-Presse

Tokyo Says Chinese Jets Locked Radar Onto Japan Fighters

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the move by Chinese fighter jets to lock onto the radar of Japanese jets was "dangerous and extremely regrettable." (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / POOL / AFP)
By Kyoko Hasegawa Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets southeast of Okinawa’s main island, Japan’s defence ministry said on Sunday.
by Agence France-Presse

Chinese National Suspect in Indonesia’s Cesium-137 Contamination

Workers from Indonesia’s Environment Ministry remove a radiation warning sign at a scrap yard in Serang, Banten, on Oct. 17, 2025, after most facilities contaminated with Cesium-137 were cleared. A Chinese national named a suspect in Indonesia’s Cesium-137 contamination case after radioactive scrap taints shrimp exports to the U.S. (AFP / Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani)
Indonesian police have named a Chinese national as a criminal suspect after radioactive material traced to his scrap-metal company contaminated exports and triggered a U.S. import alert on Indonesian shrimp. Police ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Prabowo Reaffirms One-China Principle in Wang Huning’s Indonesia Visit

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (R) welcomes Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning before their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on December 4, 2025. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
China’s top political adviser Wang Huning landed in Jakarta Wednesday to Thursday, aiming to ensure Indonesia remains publicly aligned with Beijing on Taiwan and open to deeper economic cooperation in the years ahead. ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

U.S. Mineral-Driven Intervention in Congo Creates Fragile Peace, Chinese Commentator Says

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (out of frame) and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
As the United States inserted itself into Congo’s decades-long conflict, a Chinese WeChat commentator dissects the real motivations behind Washington’s diplomacy and why the so-called peace may be more fragile than it seems.  Congolese ...
by Han Zhen

Kenya Sees a Third Wave of Chinese Investment, Led This Time by Shandong

Participants at Kenya-Shandong trade exposition that took place in 2024 in Nairobi. Image via China Information & Culture Communication.
Over more than a decade in Kenya, the popular WeChat commentator Xiao Nie  “小聂说事儿,” witnessed three waves of Chinese investment. The first came from Guangdong and Fujian, who are small-scale commodity traders. The second was ...
by Han Zhen

China’s Naval Push in East Asia Alarms Taiwan and Japan

File image of a Chinese PLA Navy warship operating in disputed waters in the South China Sea. China’s naval push deeper into East Asia, prompting Taiwan and Japan to step up surveillance as tensions rising in Indo-Pacific. (Photo: Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
A cluster of Chinese navy ships steamed across East Asian waters on Thursday morning, part of a largest China naval deployments in East Asia. Regional officials say the armada now stretches from ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

German Foreign Minister to Visit China for Economic Talks

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a joint press conference with Iceland's Foreign Minister at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, on December 5, 2025. Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP
Germany’s foreign minister heads to China this weekend for talks focused on tense economic ties between Europe and Beijing, particularly in the area of rare earths, Berlin said Friday. Johann Wadephul was originally supposed to ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Faces Rising Local Debt and Weak Land Revenues

China’s local government debt keeps rising as weak real estate cuts land revenues, forcing more bond issuance and reliance on subsidies. (Photo: FRED DUFOUR / AFP)
China’s local government debt has reached unprecedented levels as a weak real estate market slashes land-sale revenues that cities once depended on. According to a report that cited Nikkei Asia, total ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo
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