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Chinese Ships Halt Attempt to Exit Hormuz Despite Iran Safe Passage Assurances

Luojiashan tanker sits anchored in Muscat, as Iran vows to close the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
By Jonathan Saul Two Chinese container ships turned back after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could pass.
by Reuters

China Stations Jets-Turned-Drones at Bases Near Taiwan Strait, Report Says

A satellite image shows obsolete Chinese J-6 fighters that have been converted into attack drones, lined up next to the runway at Longtian airbase in China's Fujian Province, March 10, 2026 . PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via REUTERS
China has stationed obsolete supersonic fighters converted to attack drones at six air bases close to the Taiwan Strait, according to a new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Satellite imagery ...
by Reuters

U.S. Accuses China of Detaining Panama-Flagged Ships

A drone view shows containers docked at Panama Ports Company (PPC) after Panama’s Supreme Court annulled key port contracts held by the Hong Kong‑based CK Hutchison–owned firm, leaving the future of some Panama Canal operations uncertain, in Panama City, Panama, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun
The United States accused China on Thursday of detaining Panama-flagged ships in the Asian country’s ports, following a takeover by Panamanian authorities of two ports previously controlled by a Chinese company. “China ...
by Agence France-Presse

Taiwan Says Cameroon Visas for WTO Summit Riddled With Errors, Will Not Attend

Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the opening of the WTO 14th ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, March 26, 2026. WTO/Handout via REUTERS
Visas for Taiwan officials to attend a World Trade Organization summit in Cameroon were riddled with errors, leaving Taiwan unable to attend, the island’s foreign ministry said, after initially complaining they had been ...
by Reuters

China Urges WTO Members to Rise Against ‘Unilateralism and Protectionism’

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde on March 26, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
China called on Thursday on countries gathered for a high-level World Trade Organization meeting in Cameroon to battle protectionism and attacks on a multilateral trading system facing an “existential challenge”. Speaking at the ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Warns U.S. Against Building Ammunition Facility in Philippines

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian at the regular press briefing in Beijing on March 26, 2026. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China warned the United States on Thursday against bringing “conflict and the chaos of war” to the Asia-Pacific, after Washington and its allies said they would weigh building a weapons base in the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Han Zheng Heads to South Africa for High-Level Bilateral Talks

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng is in South Africa this week to co-chair the ninth South Africa-China Bi-National Commission with Deputy President Paul Mashatile in Cape Town, part of a three-country African tour that ...
by CGSP Staff

Kenya Finalizes China Trade Deal as Ruto Pushes Export Access

China's President Xi Jinping (R) and Kenya's President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 24, 2025. (Photo by IORI SAGISAWA / POOL / AFP)
Kenya says it has finalized negotiations on a bilateral trade deal with China that will give 98% of Kenyan exports duty-free access to the Chinese market, a move President William Ruto says will help ...
by CGSP Staff

China Pushes Middle East Diplomacy Into Overdrive

A March 8 file image of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Photo by IORI SAGISAWA / POOL / AFP
China’s Middle East diplomacy accelerated sharply on Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi working the phones with counterparts in Türkiye and Egypt while Beijing’s top regional envoy, Zhai Jun, met Gulf ambassadors in ...
by CGSP Staff

Cosco Resumes Mideast Bookings as Second Chinese Vessel Transits Strait of Hormuz

A cargo ship operated by Cosco Shipping is docked at the foreign trade container terminal of Qingdao Port in China's eastern Shandong province on March 25, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / CHINA OUT
China’s state-owned shipping giant Cosco resumed new container bookings from Asia to several Gulf markets, a notable signal that at least some Chinese operators now judge parts of the Strait of Hormuz route ...
by CGSP Staff

China Urges Peace Talks in U.S.-Iran War

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian. ICHIRO OHARAYomiuriThe Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP
China on Thursday urged parties to the Middle East conflict to “create conditions for starting truly meaningful and sincere peace talks”. “The pressing priority is to actively promote peace talks, seize the opportunity of peace and ...
by Reuters

WEEK IN REVIEW: Chinese Firms Face Mexican Government Review Amid U.S. Market Concerns

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Image via Xinhua.
Vietnam and China signed two large railway development deals. The proposed Hanoi–Dong Dang and Haiphong–Ha Long–Mong Cai rail lines will link northern Vietnam’s factories and ports more tightly to southern China, cut logistics costs and ...
by CGSP Staff

China Says ‘Glimmer of Hope’ on Iran War Talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty on April 25, 2026. Image via the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China’s top diplomat has said a “glimmer of hope” for peace has emerged amid efforts to end the war in the Middle East, despite Tehran vowing to keep fighting. The White House has ...
by Agence France-Presse

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

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 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

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
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