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Nigeria and China Announce New Cooperation Agreements
China and Nigeria signed a raft of deals aimed at broadening their economic cooperation in the run-up to the FOCAC summit in Beijing. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday. They announced the elevation of ...
China Emphasizes Global South Solidarity Before FOCAC Summit
China has called for close cooperation between developing countries in the face of “surging hegemonism” from the United States and its allies. Liu Yuxi, Beijing’s FOCAC ambassador and special envoy for African affairs, said: “In the face of surging hegemonism and ...
Xi’s Flurry of Meetings in the Run-Up to the FOCAC Summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping held successive meetings with African leaders as Beijing gears up for the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit officially starting on Wednesday. On Monday, Xi met with eight African counterparts from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South ...
African Leaders Arrive in Beijing Ahead of FOCAC Summit
Leaders from across Africa arrived in Beijing over the weekend ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that begins on Wednesday. Chinese officials did not publish an advance list of which leaders would participate in this year's FOCAC, but ...
Beijing Condemns Attacks in Pakistan That Militants Say Specifically Targeted Chinese Projects
The Chinese Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a wave of separatist violence that swept across the northwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan all week, where at least 70 people have been killed in the violence. The region is the center of China's massive ...
China-Philippines Tensions Rise After Second Ship Collision in a Week
Manila and Beijing are trading blame following the second incident between ships from the two countries at the disputed Sabina Shoal in a week. According to the Chinese Coast Guard, a Philippine vessel “refused to accept control” and “deliberately collided” ...
New Collision of Chinese, Philippine Vessels Near Flashpoint Shoal
China's coast guard said it rescued Filipino "personnel" who fell overboard Sunday after a Philippine vessel collided with one of its ships near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines slammed China's claims as "completely unfounded". ...
Vietnam’s New Leader Arrives in Beijing for Talks With Xi
Vietnam's new top leader, Tô Lâm, met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, his first overseas trip since being named General Secretary of the country's Communist Party. Xi welcomed Lâm with a military parade outside the Great Hall of ...
China Adopts a “Wait and See” Approach to the Political Upheaval in Bangladesh
The Chinese government issued its first comments on the unfolding political crisis in Bangladesh following this week's overthrow of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country on Monday chased by an angry mob. Beijing is "closely monitoring the situation," said ...
The Sabina Shoal is the New Hot Spot For Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea
After several weeks of relative calm between China and the Philippines over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, tensions between the two sides flared anew over the weekend near Sabina Shoal — a remote reef located 139km from the Philippines province of Palawan.
China’s Foreign Ministry Provides New Details About Upcoming Africa Summit
In an unusual move, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided new details about the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that will take place during the first week of September. Spokesperson Lin Jian on Tuesday said a gathering of ...
“We Need to Do More” to Challenge China in the Global South, Says Washington’s No. 2 Diplomat
The second in command at the U.S. State Department told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that the United States has to step up to compete more effectively with China around the world. China is the "defining geopolitical challenge confronting ...