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China Says It Has Right to Retaliate Against Mexico’s Tariff Hikes

File image of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce headquarters in Beijing. Image via Xinhua.
China said on Wednesday that Mexico’s trade measures against it, including tariff increases, constitute trade and investment barriers and that it had the right to take countermeasures. The import duty hikes affect more ...
by Reuters

China Shipping Giant Cosco Says Resumes Bookings to Some Gulf Countries

Panama's government hopes China's COSCO Shipping will reconsider its decision not to use the Balboa port at the entrance of the Panama Canal. Photo by Nicolas Koutsokostas / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP
Chinese shipping giant Cosco said on Wednesday that it was resuming new bookings for container shipments to some Gulf countries, after a three-week suspension in response to the Middle East war. The state-owned, ...
by Agence France-Presse

Kenya Finalizes Trade Deal Negotiations With China

Kenya's Deputy President Kithure Kindiki with Han Zheng, the Vice President of the People’s Republic of China during the flag-off of the first consignment of exports to China under the Zero Tariff Agreement in this March 23, 2026 photo. Photo / @MITIKenya
By Duncan Miriri Kenya has finalized negotiations over a trade deal with China, two months after announcing a preliminary agreement that would grant the East African country duty-free access to the Chinese market, President William Ruto ...
by Reuters

Philippines Could Re-Open South China Sea Oil Talks with China

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr addressing a news conference about the Philippines' national energy situation on 25 March 2026. Photo by EZRA ACAYAN / POOL / AFP
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is reportedly open to restarting stalled talks with China about a joint oil and gas project in a disputed zone of the South China Sea. He and Chinese President ...
by CGSP Staff

Chinese Company to Open One of World’s Biggest Lithium Mines in DRC

A file image of an African miner holding a rock that contains lithium. Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
China’s Zijin Mining Group will reportedly open one of the world’s largest lithium mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. The company reportedly plans to commission its Manono lithium project in ...
by CGSP Staff

China Pushes for Peace Talks in Iranian Call

A March 8 file image of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Photo by IORI SAGISAWA / POOL / AFP
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged his Iranian counterpart to seize all opportunities for peace talks. In a call with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Wang reportedly said that “talking is always better than fighting” ...
by CGSP Staff

CK Hutchison Unit Says Panama Arbitration Claim Now Tops $2 Billion

The logo of CK Hutchison is pictured on a flag outside the Cheung Kong Center building in Hong Kong on March 27, 2025. The company says Panama Canal port workers have been removed after court-ordered takeover. Photo / Peter PARKS / AFP
A unit of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said on Tuesday it had widened its claims in an international arbitration case against Panama, saying damages had now risen to more than $2 billion. Panama ...
by Eric Olander

China FM Tells Iran Counterpart ‘Talks Better Than Fighting’

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Photo by IORI SAGISAWA / POOL / AFP
China’s top diplomat urged his Iranian counterpart in a phone call Tuesday that “talking is always better” than fighting, after Tehran denied Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations were underway. The war between the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Chinese Exports Hit Trade Hurdles From Africa to Asia

A new wave of anti-dumping moves from South Africa, Mexico, and India is putting fresh pressure on Chinese exports, with steel and industrial yarn coming under scrutiny in three major developing markets. The ...
by CGSP Staff

Saudi Aramco’s Asia Cuts Hit China First

Guests stand at the booth of the ARAMCO (officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company), during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
China is at the center of Saudi Aramco’s latest supply reshuffle after the kingdom cut crude allocations to Asian buyers for a second straight month in April. Aramco will supply only Arab Light ...
by CGSP Staff

China Caps Fuel Price Surge as Iran War Ripples Through Pump Prices

Vehicles queued up for refueling at a gas station in Yantai, Shandong Province, China on March 23, 2026. (Photo by TK / CFoto / CFOTO via AFP)
China on Monday moved to limit a sharp rise in gasoline and diesel prices, cushioning the blow to consumers as the Iran war drove global crude prices higher. The National Development and Reform ...
by CGSP Staff

China Warns of ‘Vicious Cycle’ Urging U.S., Israel to Stop Military Action in Middle East

Zhai Jun, Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East,on July 29, 2025, in New York City. China on Monday urged all parties involved in the Middle East conflict, particularly the U.S. and Israel, to cease military operations, warning of a "vicious cycle". Photo / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
China on Monday urged all parties involved in the Middle East conflict, particularly the U.S. and Israel, to cease military operations, warning of a “vicious cycle” in a war that analysts say ...
by Reuters

Kenya and Uganda Move Ahead on Regional Rail Link, Turning to New Partners After China Pulls Back

Kenyan President William Ruto commissions an extension of the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway that will now reach the border with Uganda. Image via @WilliamsRuto
Kenya and Uganda took a big step on Saturday towards fulfilling the long-held ambition to build an East African rail network. President William Ruto was joined by Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni at ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Vice President Tours Africa, Signaling Beijing’s Steady Hand as U.S. Ties Fray

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng was greeted upon arrival in Kenya by Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Musalia Mudavadi and Chinese ambassador Guo Haiyan. Image via the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng arrived in Kenya on Sunday, the first stop on a three-nation, eight-day Africa tour intended to bolster Beijing’s ties with the continent amid heightened geopolitical tensions with the U.S. ...
by Eric Olander

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The End of the Oil Order Is Here and China Is Already Winning

The Iran war has been a real education in how global orders change. The system built on the immutable logic of oil and gas trade seemed as solid as a continent. Now it looks as wobbly as a Jenga tower.
While the war is hastening the end of the fossil fuel era, it also shows how completely U.S. power in the world has been synonymous with hydrocarbons. 

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China Finds a Way Through Hormuz Crisis as Others Stall

Chinese-bound oil and gas cargo vessels are among the very few carriers permitted to pass through a narrow portion of the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo/File Photo
While the world anxiously awaits what happens when U.S. President Donald Trump’s 48-hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz expires, Chinese energy shipments are steadily, albeit slowly, making the dangerous journey. ...
by Eric Olander

Improving China Ties Does Not Mean Being Anti-US, Taiwan Opposition Leader Says

Newly elected opposition Kuomintang (KMT) leader Cheng Li-wun delivers her speech during the Kuomintang (KMT) 12th National Congress in Taipei on November 1, 2025 (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Improving ties with Beijing does not require being anti-U.S., while Taiwan’s survival depends on stable relations with China, the leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party said on Monday. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won ...
by Reuters

India Trade Body Recommends Anti-Dumping Duty on Rayon Yarn Imports From China

Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP
India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, a body under the trade ministry, has recommended anti-dumping duties ranging from $386 to $1,071 per metric ton on imports of viscose rayon filament yarn from China, a ...
by Reuters

China, Hong Kong Stocks Tumble as Escalating Iran War Rattles Markets

Share prices on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange tumbled more 3.5% in early trading on March 22, 2026. Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP
Stocks in China and Hong Kong are on track for their worst day in nearly a year as the escalating war in the Middle East fans stagflation fears and roils global financial markets. ...
by Reuters

China Pledges More Balanced Trade and Further Opening of the Economy After Record Surplus

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on a big screen live broadcasting his speech at the opening of the China Development Forum 2026 held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, March 22, 2026. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS
Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged on Sunday to further open the country’s economy to foreign firms and pursue more balanced trade with its global partners, after a year marked by trade friction and ...
by Reuters

Kenya, Uganda Presidents to Meet for Rail Link

Kenyan President William Ruto commissions an extension of the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway that will now reach the border with Uganda. Image via @WilliamsRuto
The presidents of Kenya and Uganda were set to meet near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt. The ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Calls for End to War in Middle East, Warns of Economic Impact

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian at his regular press briefing on Tuesday 17 March. Image: Chinese Foreign Ministry
By Joe Cash and Xiuhao Chen China called for an end to the war in the Middle East on Friday, warning of the impact on global energy, shipping and trade, with the nearly
by Reuters

Panama Rejects Hong Kong Firm’s Claim of Ignoring Arbitration

The logo of CK Hutchison is pictured on a flag outside the Cheung Kong Center building in Hong Kong on March 27, 2025. The company says Panama Canal port workers have been removed after court-ordered takeover. Photo / Peter PARKS / AFP
Panama’s president denied Thursday that officials failed to respond to an arbitrage lawsuit by the Hong Kong firm opposing the takeover of its Panama Canal operations, saying the government would “strongly” defend ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Calls Killing of Iran’s Larijani, Leaders ‘Unacceptable’

People gather for the funeral of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani and victims of the IRIS Dena warship at Enghelab Square, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 18, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)
China condemned on Thursday the killing of Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani by an Israeli air strike, calling it “unacceptable”. Beijing is a partner of Iran but has also criticised Tehran’s strikes against Gulf ...
by Agence France-Presse

Nepal Investigating Burning of Xi Jinping’s Book at University

Social media videos that purportedly show people burning copies of books by Chinese President Xi Jinping at a Nepali university.
By Gopal Sharma Nepal is investigating how some copies of a book authored by Chinese President Xi Jinping were burned at a university in the east of the country after the Chinese embassy expressed concern ...
by Reuters

China Calls for End to Gulf Conflict, Offers to Ease Southeast Asia Energy Crunch

A handwritten sign reading "Diesel run out and gasoline run out" is displayed at a PTT gas station in the Donkoi district of Vientiane on March 10, 2026, amid rising petrol prices. The oil prices spike caused by the war in the Middle East has provoked anxiety across Asia. Photo / AFP
By Liz Lee and Joe Cash China called for an end to conflict in the Gulf and said the safety of waterways should not be disturbed on Thursday, adding that it was ...
by Reuters

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s UAE Meeting Underscores Beijing’s Priorities in the Gulf

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) meets with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, the president of the UAE's special envoy to China, in Beijing on March 18, 2026. (PHOTO/MFA OF CHINA)
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met on Wednesday with the UAE president’s special envoy to China, in a move that highlights a critical, but often overlooked, reality: Beijing’s Middle East strategy is less ...
by CGSP Staff

WEEK IN REVIEW: Kenya Moves to Extend Railway with China-Backed Financing

A 2019 image of former President Uhuru Kenyatta inaugurating an earlier phase of the Standard Gauge Railway. Photo: AFP / SIMON MAINA
Russian oil shipments originally bound for China are being diverted to India, as refiners rush to take advantage of the allowance from the Trump administration to buy the previously sanctioned fuel. India has bought ...
by CGSP Staff

Iran Offers Safe Passage to BRICS Partners as China’s Role Looms Large

Iran's ambassador to South Africa Mansour Shakib Mehr. Photo: AFP
Iran offered “safe passage” through the Strait of Hormuz to South Africa and other BRICS countries, underscoring how the ongoing conflict is reshaping shipping access along one of the world’s most critical energy ...
by CGSP Staff

CIA Says Iran Sought Intelligence Support From China

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: CIA Director John L. Ratcliffe testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
CIA Director John Ratcliffe told a U.S. Senate committee that Iran has sought intelligence-sharing support from China and Russia. “The Iranians are requesting intelligence assistance from Russia, from China, and from other adversaries ...
by CGSP Staff

U.S. Miner Moves Into DRC in Bid to Lessen China’s Control on Cobalt

Chemaf’s Mutoshi copper-cobalt mine Image: Chemaf
A U.S.-led consortium is set to acquire Democratic Republic of Congo-based Chemaf for $30 million, marking a flagship deal under Washington’s push to counter China in critical minerals. While the upfront price tag ...
by CGSP Staff
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