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China’s Xi in Kazakhstan for Central Asia Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping was greet at the airport in Astana by Kazakhstan President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev on June 16, 2025. Image via @TokayevKZ.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on Monday to attend the second China-Central Asia Summit. State news agency Xinhua reported at around 12:30 pm Kazakh time (0730 GMT) that the Chinese leader ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Urges Iran, Israel to ‘Immediately’ Take Steps to Cool Tensions

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun speaking at the daily press briefing in Beijing on June 16, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China urged Iran and Israel to “immediately” take steps to reduce tensions on Monday after Tehran unleashed a barrage of missile strikes on Israeli cities and Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran. ...
by Agence France-Presse

India Desperately Seeks Rare Earth Imports From China Despite Anti-Beijing Rhetoric, Chinese Media Say

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: "India: We’re making efforts and have already contacted China."
Chinese news platform Guancha.cn recently highlighted India’s contradictory stance on rare earth imports, citing multiple Indian media reports.  The Economic Times revealed on June 10 that while Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urgently sought ...
by Han Zhen

China’s Xi Headed to Central Asia Summit in Kazakhstan: State Media

Image via China Daily
Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Beijing on Monday for Astana, Kazakhstan, where he will attend the second China-Central Asia Summit. Xi will hold bilateral meetings before the summit on Tuesday, Kazakhstan’s presidency said. ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Factory Output Slumps but Consumption Offers Bright Spot

A worker polishes machinery at a workshop of a steel machinery factory in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on June 6, 2025. AFP
By Isabelle Kua China’s factory output grew slower than expected last month as trade war pressures bit, official data showed Monday, while a bump in a key gauge of domestic consumption offered a rare ...
by Agence France-Presse

EV Overtake Hybrids in Indonesia, Car Market Shrinks 15% in May

Chinese EVs Overtake Hybrids in Indonesia as Car Market Shrinks 15% in May. Image via BYD Brazil
Indonesia’s car market shrank sharply in May, with wholesale vehicle sales plunging 15.1% year-on-year, as high borrowing costs, weak consumer sentiment, and sluggish wage growth continued to weigh on Southeast Asia’s largest ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

China Backed Bali MRT Goes Underground for Tradition

A Whoosh train in Jakarta. China's developer who built whoosh train is active in building Bali underground MRT. Image: Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Bali’s first-ever subway project is moving closer to reality, with officials favoring underground tunnels over elevated tracks to respect the island’s religious and cultural landscape. The $20 billion plan is being developed ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

Chinese FM Holds Calls With Israeli, Iranian Counterparts: Ministry

Image via CCTV+
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi held phone calls with his Israeli and Iranian counterparts on Saturday, the foreign ministry said, in which he made clear to both Beijing’s support for Tehran. The two ...
by Agence France-Presse

Vietnam Joins BRICS as Tenth Partner Country

An unnamed official hides behind flags at a recent BRICS event. Wu Hong / AFP
Vietnam has been admitted as a partner country of the BRICS group, according to the Government of Brazil on Friday, which holds the 2025 rotating BRICS chair. The Brazilian foreign ministry said, ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

India, China to ‘Expedite’ Restarting Direct Flights

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri meeting with visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in New Delhi on June 13, 2025. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
India said Friday it had agreed with neighboring China to “expedite” the process to resume direct flights between them in a sign of further improvement in ties, although no timeline was given. Flights were halted ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Says ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Israel’s Strikes on Iran

Rescue teams work outside a heavily damaged building, targeted by an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 13, 2025. Israel carried out strikes against Iran early on June 13, targeting its nuclear and military sites as well as residential buildings in Tehran, after US President Donald Trump warned of a possible "massive conflict" in the region. (Photo by AFP)
China said Friday it was “deeply concerned” over Israeli strikes on Iran — including nuclear and military sites — condemning “violations” of the country’s sovereignty and offering to help ease tensions. “The Chinese ...
by Agence France-Presse

WEEK IN REVIEW: Xi Jinping to Attend Central Asia Summit in Astana

China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with a group of foreign executives at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 28, 2025. ADEK BERRY / AFP
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the Kazakh capital, Astana, next week to take part in a summit with Central Asian leaders. Xi is also scheduled to hold separate bilateral talks with his ...
by CGSP Staff

Panama Urges U.S. Not to Involve It in Disputes With China

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino speaks during his weekly press conference at the presidential palace in Panama City on December 26, 2024. ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday asked the United States to refrain from dragging the Central American country into its “geopolitical conflict” with China. The appeal came after the U.S. embassy in ...
by Agence France-Presse

Kenya’s FM Pushes China for Fast Approval of Financial Assistance Package

Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi speaking during bilateral talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Changsha on June 10, 2025. Image via @MusaliaMudavadi.
Kenya’s top diplomat, Musalia Mudavadi, hoped that his visit to China this week would prompt Beijing to speed up approval of a large financial package that his government is counting on to build new ...
by Eric Olander

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.
The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked ...

Wang Yi Conducts Speed Diplomacy With Nine African Foreign Ministers

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held bilateral talks with his counterparts from nine African countries on the sidelines of a regional ministerial gathering in Changsha on June 10, 2025. Images via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi conducted another one of his signature rounds of speed diplomacy with foreign ministers from at least nine African countries on the sidelines of a ministerial gathering this week ...
by Eric Olander

Africa Now Has Duty-Free Access to the China Market, Now What?

Aerial photo shows the container terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, 5 May, 2025. (Photo by stringer / IC photo / Imaginechina via AFP)
Last year, in January, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni called on China to do more to open its vast market to African goods by removing trade tariffs for the entire continent. This week, Museveni ...
by Eric Olander

In a Swipe at the U.S., China Removes Tariffs for Nearly Every African Country

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaking at a ministerial coordination gathering for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Changsha on June 11, 2025. Image via Xinhua
China will remove all trade tariffs on imported goods from 53 African countries in a move that starkly contrasts with U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-tariff agenda. Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the policy ...
by Eric Olander

China and Kenya Seal Pharma Deal

Kenya's Health Secretary Aden Duale with China's ambassador Guo Haiyan. Photo: Kenyan Ministry of Health
China and Kenya have reportedly signed a deal worth about $500 million to set up local vaccine and pharmaceutical production facilities using Chinese technology. Aden Duale, the Cabinet Secretary for Kenya’s Ministry ...
by CGSP Staff

Chinese Defense Minister Calls for Closer Cooperation with South Africa

An April 2025 file image of Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun. Photo by Minh Hoang / POOL / AFP
Dong Jun, China’s Minister of Defense, called for closer military cooperation with South Africa following a meeting with General Rudzani Maphwanya, chief of the South African National Defence Force, in Beijing on Tuesday. 
by CGSP Staff

Kazakhstan Says China’s Xi to Visit for Central Asian Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Kazakhstan announced on Wednesday that China’s President Xi Jinping would visit the country next week for a summit alongside former Soviet Central Asian partners. Xi is expected to arrive in Astana on June 16 for ...
by Agence France-Presse

28 Days to Trump’s Tariffs, U.S. Still Silent on Jakarta’s Trade Offer

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. With 28 days left, Indonesia awaits US response on $18B trade offer. A 32% tariff looms, risking exports and fueling China’s regional influence. (Photo: Bay Ismoyo/AFP)
28 Days until Trump’s Tariffs, Washington remains silent on Indonesia’s $18B trade offer, placing Indonesian exports at risk, as the tariff clock continues to tick. Each passing day without a response from Washington ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

After Rafale, Now J-10C? Chinese Netizens React to Indonesia’s Ongoing Fighter Jet Procurement Moves

File image of three Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets. Photo: AFP
In late May, Indonesia surprised many Chinese military watchers by signing a defense agreement with France, which included the purchase of Rafale fighter jets—despite the J-10C’s widely publicized performance advantage during ...
by Han Zhen

Little-Known Country on Track to Join ASEAN Suddenly Sparks Interest in China

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: “Philippines Fails to Block — ASEAN Set to Welcome New Member!”
According to a May 28 report by Vietnam News Agency, ASEAN leaders have agreed in principle to admit Timor-Leste as the bloc’s 11th member at the upcoming ASEAN Summit in October.  The announcement initially flew ...
by Han Zhen

Chinese Students Are Flocking to Central Asia for Master’s and PhD Degrees

File image of Kazakhstan National University in Almaty. Image via KNU.
In September 2024, Peng Ran, a former employee at a state-owned enterprise in China’s Shandong province, embarked on a three-day journey by train, bus, and multiple border checks to reach Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city. His ...
by Han Zhen

Chinese Think Tank Says Trump’s Border Wall Now Reaches the Global South

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: "Trump's Wall Has Extended from the Border to the Global South"
At the start of this month, Donald Trump signed a sweeping travel ban blocking entry to citizens from 12 countries, reviving and expanding a controversial policy first rolled out during his earlier term. But what ...
by Han Zhen

Viral Video Dissects India’s Chip Ambitions — Should China Be Worried?

Screengrab from a Guancha video that went viral on the Chinese social video network Billibilli about India's ambitions to challenge China in chip manufacturing.
A video titled “Legendary or Joke? Modi Officially Announces India’s Homegrown Chips Are Ready for Launch” has gone viral on Bilibili, produced by the Chinese media outlet Guancha.com. The piece presents a balanced yet ...
by Han Zhen

U.S. Firms Urge Washington to Lower Tariffs on ‘Valued Partner’ Vietnam

File image of Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary To Lam. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
U.S. companies in Vietnam have urged the Trump administration to lower tariffs on Hanoi, according to a letter from the American Chamber of Commerce obtained by AFP on Tuesday, warning the levies would ...
by Agence France-Presse

Japan Says Two Chinese Aircraft Carriers Seen in Pacific

File image of the PLA Navy dual carrier armada, the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers. Image via the People's Liberation Army.
By Kyoko Hasegawa and Katie Forster Two Chinese aircraft carriers were operating in the Pacific for the first time, according to Japan, whose defense minister said Tuesday the move revealed the expansion of ...
by Agence France-Presse

One of China’s Largest Arms Companies Pitches Ghana’s Navy on New Defense Tech

Fang Xu, head of the Africa department at Chinese arms major CATIC, met with Chief of the Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy, Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing, at the Naval Headquarters in Accra on June 2, 2025. Image via the Ghana Navy.
Representatives from one of China’s largest weapons manufacturers paid a courtesy call to the head of the Ghanaian navy earlier this month to discuss “potential avenues for future collaboration.“ Fang Xu, head ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Soy Imports Reach New Record as Shift From U.S. to Brazil Accelerates

China imported a record 13.9 metric tons of soybeans in May, a 129% increase over the previous month, as buyers moved aggressively to bulk up on inventories in anticipation of rising prices brought ...
by Eric Olander
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