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Thailand accused Cambodia of violating a ten-day truce, following the alleged firing of mortar rounds across the border. The incident left one Thai soldier injured. The Thai military later quoted Cambodian counterparts saying “the incident was caused by an operational ...

China Backs Yemen Peace Talks Led by Saudi Arabia

China has expressed support for Saudi-hosted peace talks on the future of Southern Yemen. The proposal for talks in Riyadh preceded Saudi-backed airstrikes on Friday, which reportedly restored control of the Hadramout and Al-Mahrah provinces from the separatist Southern Transitional Council ...

CGSP Take: How Does the Venezuela Crisis Affect China’s Relationship with the Global South?

By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research, China has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s incursion into Venezuela and its detention of President Nicolás Maduro.  During his regular press conference on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

China Rejects Draft Pentagon Report on Nuclear Missile Silos

China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, rejected a draft Pentagon report on Chinese missile silos near the border with Mongolia and told Washington to cut its own nuclear arsenal first. The U.S. assessment estimated that China had likely loaded more than 100 ...

China Pushes Back on Mexican Tariff Plans

China’s Foreign Ministry has lodged its opposition to plans by the Mexican government to impose a range of tariffs on Chinese imports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters on Tuesday that Beijing “firmly opposes moves taken under coercion to impose restrictions on China or hurt China’s legitimate ...

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2026: Africa-China Relations in a World Shaped by North-South Geopolitics

When talking about Africa–China relations, one is always moving along a sliding scale. There are myriad interactions with Chinese entities that concern only individual African countries, segueing into trends affecting the whole continent and sliding further into global dynamics shaping the developing world, of which Africa is the heart.

The Africa-China relationship is its own thing, but Africa’s fate can’t easily be separated from factors affecting the wider Global South, ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: India–China Flights Ramp Up After Curbs Lifted

The UK will take targeted action against Chinese and Indian firms facilitating Russian oil access to the international market, Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday. London imposed sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil producers and two Chinese energy firms that buy Russian oil. These are the first such ...

China’s Export Curbs Spur Rare Earth Scramble

China’s announcement last week that exports of refined rare earth minerals, permanent magnets using these elements, and the equipment used to refine them, has sparked panic among the countries that depend on these exports for high-technology products, including weapons and wind turbines.

China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan Reject U.S. Bagram Airbase Return

China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan jointly opposed any move for the U.S. military to regain a presence at Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China’s Afghanistan envoy, Yue Xiaoyong, met counterparts from ...

Chinese and Philippine Ships Collide Near Shoal, Tensions Flare

China’s coast guard used water cannons against Philippine ships and accused Manila of ramming, days after declaring a nature reserve. The Philippines said its vessel was heavily damaged and a crew member was injured during the confrontation. China’s Coast ...

Philippines to Protest Over China’s ‘Nature Reserve’ Plan

The Philippines said Thursday it will file a diplomatic protest and slammed as “illegitimate and unlawful” China’s plan to declare a “Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve” at Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea. China rejected what it called “unreasonable” accusations and dismissed Manila’s “so-called” ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump and Xi Could Meet After Fresh U.S.–China Diplomatic Push

Top U.S. and Chinese officials had a series of meetings, leading to predictions of a possible summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun that the U.S. doesn’t want conflict between the superpowers. ...

China Says ‘Firmly Opposes Coercion’ as Mexico Mulls Car Tariffs

China on Thursday said it "firmly opposes any coercion" after Mexico proposed a 50-percent duty on car imports from the Asian giant. The initiative, contained in a bill submitted by Mexico's government to Congress, seeks to assuage U.S. President Donald Trump ...
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