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IMF Meetings Begin Under Fresh Cloud of U.S.-China Trade Tensions

The IMF and World Bank's semi-annual gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors got underway in Washington on Monday, against the backdrop of new trade threats between the world's two largest economies. Last week, China unveiled new export restrictions on ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump: U.S. Should’ve Been Highlighted at China’s WWII Parade

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. should have played a more prominent role at China’s military parade to commemorate its victory over Japan in 1945. "I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive," he said. "I watched the speech ...

China’s Solar Expansion in Indonesia Still Relies on Coal

In West Java, a province just east of Jakarta, Indonesia, a sprawling industrial park is rising. Backed by  Chinese cement giant Hongshi Holding Group, the $5 billion complex promises to produce the solar panels and batteries that the world desperately needs to combat climate change.

Xi Says China, Brazil Can Model ‘Self-Reliance’ for Global South

China's President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart Tuesday the two countries could set an example of "self-reliance" for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount. The two leaders have both sought in recent months to present their countries as ...

Trend Tracker: China’s Role in Security Hotspots Adapts to Geopolitics, GSI

China recently appointed Colonel-Major Chen Xuming as its first-ever defense attaché to Niger. In the wake of the expulsion of French and U.S. forces from large parts of the Sahel, this could signal an interest in heightening the security aspect of China’s regional engagement.

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The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Conservative U.S. Senator Tells African Ambassadors Washington is a “More Reliable Friend” Than China

Ted Cruz, the new chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Africa, recently met with a group of African ambassadors to try and reassure them that under the Trump administration, the U.S. will remain a steadfast partner with African countries. ...

Chinese FM Wang Yi Takes Swipe at U.S. During UN Stopover

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi left New York on Wednesday for Johannesburg to attend a two-day G20 foreign ministers gathering that begins on Thursday. Earlier, at the United Nations, Wang spent a frenetic day on Tuesday zipping between Security Council meetings ...

China FM to Visit Europe, U.S. Before G20 Talks in S. Africa

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Europe and the United States this month before attending a Group of 20 meeting in South Africa, Beijing said on Monday. The announcement comes after Wang's U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio said he would skip ...

Moroccan Media on Xi Jinping’s Visit and Increasing Cooperation with China

By Mariateresa Natuzzi On November 21, 2024, Xi Jinping, returning from his state visit to Brazil for the G20 Summit, made an unexpected landing in Casablanca. Officially described in the Chinese readout as a “technical stopover,” the Chinese President was welcomed at ...

Is this China’s Great Power Opportunity to Change Global Order?

By Chris Alden & Lukas Fiala Reading through the headlines surrounding the recent G20 summit in Brazil last week, it was hard to overlook reports of outgoing US President Biden seemingly sidelined at the photo-op. While it’s important not to overinterpret the ...

Xi Took Center Stage at G20 While African Union Kept a Low Profile

This week's G20 summit wrapped up much the same way previous G20 gatherings have in recent years, with a weak final communiqué and lots of discord among the group's members. But this year's summit in Rio de Janeiro was nonetheless notable ...

Xi and Lula Chart New Phase in China-Brazil Relations

China's President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva upgraded the relationship between their countries and signed a raft of new agreements. Xi's visit to South America for the APEC summit in Peru and the G20 summit in ...
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