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Biden, Xi to Meet in Peru on Saturday: US Official

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. Alexander NEMENOV and Ting Shen / AFP
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday at the APEC summit in Peru, in what will likely be their last encounter before Donald Trump returns to the White House, US ...
by Agence France-Presse

Mexico Could Be Ground Zero for U.S.-China Tariff Fights

Mexico recently surpassed China as the biggest exporter to the U.S. Graph via Semafor.
Mexico is reportedly considering imposing retaliatory tariffs against the United States, if the incoming Trump administration follows through on his threat of 25% levies on Mexican imports. Mexico surpassed China as the biggest source ...
by Cobus van Staden

China Pushes for Security Personnel Deployment in Pakistan

A Pakistani soldier guards a garment factory in Karachi where two Chinese nationals were shot last week, one in a series of recent attacks. Image: Rizwan Tabassum, AFP
China is reportedly putting pressure on Pakistan to allow Chinese security personnel to protect Chinese nationals in the country. This follows high-level security talks in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed ...
by Cobus van Staden

Peru and China to Expand Free Trade Agreement

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during her visit to Beijing in July. Image: Jade Gao / Pool / AFP
China and Peru will sign an expanded and upgraded version of their free-trade agreement (FTA) which could boost trade between them by 50%. The new agreement, announced late last week, will be signed ...
by Cobus van Staden

Palau President Says China Flouting Its Ocean Boundaries

The President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr., speaks during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, DC, September 29, 2022. SARAH SILBIGER / POOL / AFP
Palau’s president has accused China of flouting the Pacific nation’s maritime borders, raising concerns about research vessels lurking “uninvited” within its waters. “We keep on raising flags and complaining about it, but they keep on ...
by Agence France-Presse

China’s Xi Heads to Peru for APEC Meeting Shrouded in Trump Fears

People walk by the entrance of the Lima Convention Center, part of the government complex where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will take place, in Lima on November 11, 2024. Cris BOURONCLE / AFP
By James EDGAR Chinese leader Xi Jinping headed to Peru on Wednesday, bound for a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) organization leaders overshadowed by fears of renewed global trade tensions under Donald ...
by Agence France-Presse

What’s on WeChat: Stop Misleading People About What It’s Like For Chinese Entrepreneurs in Africa

Ethiopian and Chinese workers inside the Huajian shoe factory on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. Zacharias ABUBEKER / AFP
A post by longtime Africa WeChat commentator Xiao Nie (小聂说事儿) is sparking a lot of discussion in Chinese development circles about the current conditions facing Chinese expatriates in Africa. Xiao Nie is well-known ...
by Eric Olander

North-South Trade Tensions Mark the Opening of a Gloomy COP29

UN climate chief Simon Stiell delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. Photo: Alexander Nemenov / AFP
The UN’s COP29 climate summit opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday. The first day was derailed by agenda negotiations following a request by China and the rest of the BASIC negotiating group (Brazil, South ...
by Cobus van Staden

Indonesia’s Maritime Development Deal With China Raises Questions

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto shake hands in Beijing on November 9, 2024. Image: Florence Lo / POOL / AFP)
Saturday’s joint statement between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Chinese President Xi Jinping for the joint development of areas in the South China Sea with overlapping claims raised fears that Jakarta is weakening ...
by Edwin Shri Bimo

[Seminar] Kompetisi Energi Baru: Jejak Industri China pada Nikel Indonesia

Tanggal: 15 Nopember, 2024

Waktu: 10:00-11:15 (WIB)

Lokasi: Virtual (Zoom, Publik)

Daftar disini: https://tinyurl.com/CGSPNikel

Dunia sedang berupaya untuk beralih ke energi yang lebih ramah lingkungan. Permintaan nikel, komoditas penting untuk baterai kendaraan listrik, turbin angin, dan panel surya, meningkat. Indonesia, pemasok bijih nikel terbesar di dunia, memposisikan dirinya sebagai pemain penting dalam transisi ini, berusaha untuk beralih dari produksi stainless steel menjadi pemimpin dalam revolusi penyimpanan energi. Mitra paling penting untuk sektor nikel Indonesia adalah Tiongkok, yang investasi luar biasa besarnya telah membentuk perekonomian nikel Indonesia seperti saat ini.

Bergabunglah bersama kami dalam webinar pada 15 Nopember, 2024, untuk meluncurkan alat pelacakan industri nikel Indonesia terbaru dari The China-Global South Project dan laporan yang menyertainya. Acara ini akan mengeksplorasi perkembangan peran Indonesia dalam revolusi hijau, dampak industri nikel Indonesia di pasar global, dan peran Tiongkok dalam hal ini.

Seminar ini akan dilakukan sepenuhnya dalam Bahasa Indonesia.

Pembicara: 

Edwin Shri Bimo, moderator
Southeast Asia Editor, The China-Global South Network

Zulfikar Rakhmat
Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)

Pius Ginting
Coordinator & Researcher, AEER (Action for Ecology and People Emancipation)

Pendaftaran untuk acara:

View CGSP’s Indonesia Nickel Tracker.

Read Nickel Nexus: Indonesia’s China-Backed Nickel-to-Battery Ambition.

Topik-topik diskusi utama:

  • Ambisi Indonesia untuk memimpin industri nikel menjadi baterai dan kendala yang dihadapi.

  • Dampak investasi Tiongkok di sektor nikel Indonesia dan implikasi geopolitiknya.

  • Tantangan sosial dan lingkungan yang ditimbulkan oleh pesatnya ekspansi industri di Indonesia.

Acara ini akan menampilkan wawasan para ahli dan diskusi mendalam mengenai peluang dan tantangan seputar peran Indonesia dalam transisi energi global.

by Lucy Stevenson-Yang

Ambassador Urges Ghanaian Media to Improve Coverage of Chinese Expatriate Community

China's ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, together with senior editors from the state-run Ghana News Agency in Accra on November 7, 2024. Image via @ChinaEmbinGH.
China’s new ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, urged local media to avoid simplistic reporting about the Chinese community and called on reporters to resist taking the actions of a few to represent all ...
by Eric Olander

Even CMOC is Now Worried About the Rock Bottom Price of Cobalt

For much of the past two years, Chinese mining giant CMOC Group Ltd. has been producing vast quantities of cobalt from its enormous mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company’s producing ...
by Eric Olander

China Reaffirms Boundaries of Sea Near Flashpoint Reef

China reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Sunday, two days after the Philippines defined its own sea boundaries in the contested waters. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos ...
by Agence France-Presse

Russia’s Shoigu to Visit China Next Week

File image of Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu. Vyacheslav Prokofyev / POOL / AFP
The secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, will visit China next week for talks with top Chinese officials, Russian state news agencies reported. Moscow and Beijing have deepened military and defense ties ...
by Agence France-Presse

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Eye-Rolling Through the Apocalypse

November’s COP30 gathering in Belém, Brazil, marks three decades since COP1 in Berlin in 1995, and raises a sobering reminder of how deep we’ve sunk into a climate morass of our own making amid non-stop warnings. The evacuation of millions of people and the deaths of at least seventeen due to Typhoon Ragasa’s rampage through the Philippines, Taiwan, and China couldn’t have been more pointedly timed as U.S. and Chinese ...

Africa Has Other Friends if Trump Won’t Work With It: Kenya’s AU Candidate

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, gives his address during his unveiling as the candidate for the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), at the Statehouse in Nairobi on August 27, 2024. SIMON MAINA / AFP
By Dylan Gamba Kenya’s candidate for the top job at the African Union said Saturday that if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump does not want to work with Africa, the continent has “other friends.” ...
by Agence France-Presse

China’s Xi Hails ‘New Chapter’ in Relations With Indonesia

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2024. FLORENCE LO / POOL / AFP
Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Indonesian counterpart that Beijing hopes for a “new chapter” in bilateral relations, as the two leaders met on Saturday. Xi held talks with President Prabowo Subianto in Beijing, the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Philippines Defines Its Sea Routes to Defend Interests

A China Coast Guard ship (L) is seen from the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Cabra during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea on August 26, 2024. Jam Sta Rosa / AFP
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed laws on Friday defining the country’s sea waters and imposing fixed lanes for foreign ships, sparking a sharp riposte by China that summoned Manila’s envoy. The Maritime Zones ...
by Agence France-Presse

WEEK in REVIEW: Philippines Begins Combat Drills Amid South China Sea Tensions

The Philippine Coast Guard’s BRP Teresa Magbanua sailed back to port on Sunday after more than months of deployment to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea. Image via Frances Mangosing/Inquirer.
Nigerian special police forces arrested 113 suspected cyber criminals, mostly from China and Malaysia, following a massive raid on Saturday at a building in the capital Abuja. The suspects are believed to be involved ...
by Eric Olander

Indonesia’s New Leader Heads to China as Five-Nation Tour Begins

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto greets journalists in October 21, 2024. A sweeping new regulation mandates that exporters in key natural resource sectors keep 100% of their foreign exchange earnings within the country’s financial system for a full year, an aggressive strategy aimed at bolstering foreign reserves and protecting the rupiah. BAY ISMOYO / AFP
Indonesia’s new president headed to China for a state visit on Friday, starting a five-nation tour that could include a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he seeks to balance relations with ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Says Xi to Travel to Peru, Brazil Next Week for APEC, G20 Meetings

President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and President of China Xi Jinping (R) prepare to leave after attending the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. Phill Magakoe / AFP
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Peru and Brazil next week for meetings of APEC and the G20, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Friday. Xi will go to Lima from November 13 to ...
by Agence France-Presse

HOT TAKES: Early Predictions of How Trump’s Win Could Affect Key China-Global South Issues

Newspapers in Manila on the morning of 7 November 2024. Image: Jam Sta Rosa / AFP
AFRICA: The outcome of the U.S. election for Africa will likely be mixed. South Africa will likely face increased pressure from U.S. policymakers around its opposition to Israeli actions in Gaza, and perceptions of ...
by Cobus van Staden

Philippines’ Marcos Congratulates Trump, Pins Hope on ‘Unshakeable Alliance’

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos delivers a speech during his meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (not pictured) at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on October 7, 2024. Ezra Acayan / POOL / AFP
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday for winning the U.S. presidential election, saying he looked forward to furthering Manila’s “unshakeable alliance” with its military partner Washington. The United States is ...
by Agence France-Presse

Philippines Seizes Two Spratly Islands in South China Sea War Games

Some of the islands within the Spratly Islands region
The Philippines is aiming for a “persistent presence” in the South China Sea, a senior military official said Wednesday, as troops conducted war games featuring the mock retaking of an island in the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Indian Border Patrols Resume as Minister Warns of “Other Challenges”

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L) on stage at the Raisina Down Under conference on 5 November. Image: Tracy Nearmy / AFP.
Indian army patrols of key areas along its disputed border have been completed for the first time since a bloody border incident in 2020 resulted in a standoff with China. The army’s 14th ...
by Cobus van Staden

Shooting Incident Further Raises Security Concerns in Pakistan

A Pakistani policeman stands guard outside a factory where two Chinese nationals were allegedly shot, in Karachi on November 5, 2024. Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP
Two Chinese nationals were wounded after a private security guard opened fire at a garment factory in Karachi. An unnamed police official reportedly said that the guard hasn’t been arrested and that no ...
by Cobus van Staden

Philippines Seeks ‘Persistent Presence’ in Disputed Sea

Philippines Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad speaking to the media on November 6, 2024 in Manila. Image via @katienzareports
The Philippines is aiming for a “persistent presence” in the South China Sea, a senior military official said Wednesday, as troops conducted war games featuring the mock retaking of an island in the ...
by Agence France-Presse

Philippines Says Joint Maritime Exercises Rein in China

A Philippine marines (L) and South Korean soldier (R) sit aboard a marines patrol boat during a joint visit, board and seizure (VBS) exercise with their US and South Korean counterparts with members of Japan's self-defence forces as observers, at the marines training base in Ternate town, Cavite province, west of Manila on October 22, 2024. Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Joint naval exercises held frequently by the Philippines, United States, and other Western powers are helping rein in “aggressive” Chinese actions in the South China Sea, a Filipino military official said Wednesday. Beijing ...
by Agence France-Presse

Myanmar Junta Chief Visits Key Ally China

Myanmar’s junta backs Xi’s global governance initiative GGI and seeks deeper China ties, urging border reopening and trade. Myanmar junta boss Min Aung Hlaing on November 5, 2024. Image via @cincdsmyanmar
Myanmar’s embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday — his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 — but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ...
by Agence France-Presse

Two Chinese Nationals Wounded in Pakistan’s Largest City

A Pakistani policeman stands guard outside a factory where two Chinese nationals were allegedly shot, in Karachi on November 5, 2024. Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP
Two Chinese nationals were wounded in Pakistan’s largest city on Tuesday, a hospital official said, after a spate of targeted attacks prompted Beijing to demand tighter security for its citizens. Beijing is a ...
by Agence France-Presse

Indonesian President Prabowo to Visit China This Week

Indonesia's newly sworn-in President Prabowo Subianto (R) greets China's Vice President Han Zheng during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2024. Achmad IBRAHIM / POOL / AFP
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will visit China this week, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, on his first foreign tour as he seeks a more prominent position for Jakarta on the world stage. The ...
by Agence France-Presse
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