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Antony Blinken’s Busy Weekend Pushing Back Against China’s Growing Influence in Asia

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara attend a press conference after the "Foreign and Defense Ministerial (2+2) Meeting" at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 28, 2024. David MAREUIL / POOL / AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent the past few days crisscrossing Asia, from Laos to Vietnam to Japan, in a concerted effort to challenge Chinese territorial claims in the region and bolster ...
by Eric Olander

U.S., Japan Take a Swipe at China and Deepen Defense Ties

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara attend a press conference after the "Foreign and Defense Ministerial (2+2) Meeting" at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 28, 2024. David MAREUIL / POOL / AFP
By Simon Sturdee The United States and Japan issued scathing verbal attacks on China and Russia on Sunday after high-level discussions on enhancing already close defense collaboration between Tokyo and Washington in an ...
by Agence France-Presse

Blinken in Japan for 2+2 Security Talks, Quad

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) arrives for the start of his two-day visit, at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, western Tokyo, on July 28, 2024. Kazuhiro NOGI / POOL / AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on Sunday as part of an Asia-Pacific tour aimed at shoring up alliances in the face of an increasingly assertive China. The visit comes ...
by Agence France-Presse

China, U.S. Spar Over South China Sea at Laos Talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the 31st ASEAN Regional Forum at the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. Achmad Ibrahim / POOL / AFP
By Léon Bruneau and Stuart Graham The top diplomats of China and the US sparred on Saturday over the South China Sea, where Beijing is locked in a territorial dispute with US treaty ...
by Agence France-Presse

U.S. Hails ‘Productive’ Meeting Between Blinken and China FM in Laos

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) hold a meeting on the sidelines of the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. Achmad Ibrahim / POOL / AFP
The United States hailed “open and productive” discussions between China’s foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised U.S. concerns over Beijing’s “provocative actions” around ...
by Eric Olander

Philippines Says ‘No Incidents’ as It Resupplies Hotspot Reef

File image of a Chinese coast guard ship shadowing a civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre in Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Ted ALJIBE / AFP
The Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef Saturday without “untoward incidents”, more than a month after a violent clash with Chinese ...
by Eric Olander

China Warns Philippines of ‘Resolute’ Response in South China Sea

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. Sai Aung MAIN / AFP
China will “respond resolutely” to any violation by the Philippines of a recent deal to calm tensions between the two countries in the South China Sea, its top diplomat told his Filipino counterpart, Beijing said ...
by Eric Olander

Blinken, in Laos, set for talks with Chinese foreign minister

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) arrives to attend the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived early Saturday in Laos, where he will attend a regional meeting and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart. This is part of a ...
by Agence France-Presse

Blinken Set for Talks With Chinese Counterpart in Laos

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) waves as he arrives to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Post Ministerial Conference with China in Vientiane on July 26, 2024. TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive Saturday in Laos, where he will meet his Chinese counterpart at a regional conference and work to reinforce Washington’s ties with its allies. ...
by Eric Olander

Russia, China FMs Meet as ASEAN Talks Get Underway in Laos

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the 57th Association of southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Related Meetings in Vientiane on July 25, 2024. TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
By Montira Rungjirajittranon The foreign ministers of Russia and China met on Thursday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers ...
by Agence France-Presse

Beijing’s Palestinian Diplomacy is About Much More Than Just Peace in the Middle East, Says Prominent Scholar

File image of Zhu Weilie, honorary director of the Middle East Studies Institute at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) and a professor at the Sino-Arab Center for Reform and Development Studies. Image via SISU.
While China is undeniably playing an increasingly important role as a convener for seemingly intractable diplomatic stalemates in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf regions, how much Beijing is responsible for the ...
by Eric Olander

China Starts Work on Afghan Copper Mine Long Stalled by War

Afghanistan and Chinese officials attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate a Mes Aynak copper deposit mining project, in Shast Bandari area of Mohammad Agha district at Logar province on July 24, 2024. Wakil KOHSAR / AFP
By Joe Stenson Chinese engineers and the Taliban government broke ground in Afghanistan on Wednesday on a project to mine the world’s second-largest copper deposit after a 16-year delay caused by war. ...
by Agence France-Presse

Chinese Oil Company Suspends Niger Construction Over ‘Terrorist’ Threat

A Chinese state-owned petroleum company has suspended all construction at the Agadem oilfield in eastern Niger after “terrorist” attacks, AFP learned from the company Wednesday. The suspension comes after a series of attacks ...
by Agence France-Presse

China Brokers Unity Deal Among Palestinian Factions

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi (fourth from left) observing the signing of the Beijing Declaration. Image: AFP
Rival Palestinian groupings Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement for “national unity” in Beijing. The deal, which includes 12 other Palestinian groups, is aimed at securing Palestinian control over Gaza at the end of ...
by Cobus van Staden

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

UN chief welcomes China-brokered accord seeking Palestinian unity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. JOHN LAMPARSKINurPhotoNurPhoto via AFP
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed Tuesday an accord brokered by China seeking reconciliation between Hamas and other Palestinian factions to form a national unity government in Gaza. “I think all steps towards unity ...
by Agence France-Presse

Hamas Announces ‘National Unity’ Deal With Palestinian Rivals at Talks in Beijing

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) poses for a group picture with members of the Palestinian factions during the signing of the "Beijing declaration" at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. Pedro PARDO / POOL / AFP
By Matthew Walsh and Isabel Kua Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organizations, including rivals Fatah, to work together for “national unity”, with China describing it ...
by Agence France-Presse

Israel Slams Beijing Deal to Include Hamas in Post-War Gaza Government

(L-R) Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organisation and political party Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. Pedro Pardo / POOL / AFP
Israel swiftly condemned an agreement brokered by China Tuesday, which Beijing said would bring Hamas into a “national reconciliation government” for post-war Gaza. Foreign Minister Israel Katz insisted that “Hamas rule will be ...
by Agence France-Presse

The Iranian Elections through the Lens of Chinese Media

People vote for Iran's Presidential election at a religious facility in Tehran on July 5th, 2024. Yuji Yoshikata / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP
By Giorgia Facchini On May 19, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and five other passengers died in a helicopter crash. This unexpected event sent political shockwaves across Iran and the world as Raisi ...
by The ChinaMed Project

With an Eye on China, Blinken Heads to Southeast Asia to Reaffirm Ties With Strategic Allies

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Laos this week to attend the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting. Mandel NGAN / AFP
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Southeast Asia this week to deepen ties with Washington’s strategic allies, an official said Monday. The United States seeks to bolster ...
by Agence France-Presse

Marcos Says Philippines ‘Cannot Yield’ in Territorial Disputes

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos delivers the annual State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Manila on July 22, 2024. Jam Sta Rosa / AFP
By Cecil Morella President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday that the Philippines “cannot yield” in territorial disputes, following a series of escalating confrontations with Beijing in the South China Sea.
by Agence France-Presse

Xi Pays Tribute at Embassy to Late Vietnamese Communist Party Chief

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Vietnamese embassy in Beijing to pay respects for the passing of Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Vietnamese embassy in Beijing to mourn the passing of Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng. He was joined by senior members of his foreign policy ...
by Eric Olander

Manila Says Shoal Resupply Missions to Remain Philippine Operation

File image of Chinese coast guard ships corralling a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to the Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Manila’s resupply missions to troops on a disputed South China Sea atoll will remain purely Philippine operations, the National Security Council said Sunday, after Washington vowed to “do what is necessary” to support ...
by Agence France-Presse

Chinese Perspectives on the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks next to Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit during the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 30, 2024. Andy Wong / POOL / AFP
On May 30, the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the China–Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) convened in Beijing, marking the 20th anniversary of the Forum’s establishment, Representatives from 22 countries attended the conference, which was chaired by Chinese ...
by The ChinaMed Project

Myanmar Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State

Shan State in Myanmar
An alliance of armed groups in Myanmar has agreed to extend a ceasefire with the junta in northern Shan state after “pressure” from China, a leader of one of the groups said on ...
by Agence France-Presse

United States Opens Vanuatu Embassy Amid Pacific Rivalry With China

A New U.S. Embassy in Vanuatu
The United States said Friday it has officially opened an embassy in Vanuatu, part of ongoing efforts to parry China’s influence in the strategically important South Pacific. Washington has been opening embassies in ...
by Eric Olander

Blinken Says Will Meet Chinese Counterpart in Laos Next Week

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press prior to a meeting with Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Alicia Barcena in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he would meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi next week at an ASEAN ministerial meeting in Laos. “I speak to him on a fairly regular ...
by Agence France-Presse

WEEK IN REVIEW: China Props up Solomon Islands’ Budget With $20 Million Injection

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele (R) attends a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 12, 2024. Vincent Thian / POOL / AFP
The Indian government is planning to spend $1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydroelectric dams in Arunachal Pradesh, a sensitive region near the contested border with China. Beijing denounced the move ...
by Eric Olander

Prominent Chinese Scholar Calls for a Blockade of Second Thomas Shoal Unless Philippines Removes Grounded Ship

Wu Shicun, founder of the Hainan-based National Institute for South China Sea Studies, called for a blockade of Second Thomas Shoal if the Philippines does not agree to remove its grounded ship. Image via Xinhua.
One of China’s most prominent scholars on South China Sea issues, Wu Shicun, said the crisis with the Philippines over the Second Thomas Shoal is a “bleeding wound” that must be dealt with, ...
by Eric Olander

China’s Ambassador to Vietnam Meets With Vietnam’s Newest President

Vietnamese President Tô Lâm met with Chinese envoy Xiong Bo in Hanoi on July 17, 2024. Image via Voice of Vietnam.
China’s ambassador to Vietnam, Xiong Bo, met with Vietnam’s newest president Tô Lâm on Wednesday in Hanoi. Lam was named to the role in May after his predecessor resigned amid a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown. ...
by Eric Olander

Gulf and Levantine Perspectives on the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
By Francesco Scala and Viola Rubeca On May 30, 2024, China welcomed representatives from across the Arab world to Beijing for the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF). Two documents were ...
by The ChinaMed Project
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