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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the crises in Gaza and Sudan with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday.  While the two expressed concern about the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the call preceded the announcement of a $35 ...

Disputes Over Gaza, Iran, and Taiwan Sour China-Israeli Ties

In the nearly two years since the October 7th terrorist attack by Hamas against Israel, China's ties with the Jewish state have been tense but largely stable. Clearly, the Israeli government has not been happy over China's outspoken support for its enemies in the Palestinian territories and ...

China’s South Asia Watcher Spotlight the Dangerous India-Israel Axis

Amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, a WeChat account called South Asia Research Bulletin published a translated and annotated version of an article originally written by journalist Mohammad Asif Khan for The Electronic Intifada, titled “India’s sinister alliance with Israel” (June 7, 2024). The Chinese version was ...

Indonesia’s Prabowo Calls for Closer Ties With China While Signaling Drift From the United States

At a moment when many middle-power states are intentionally avoiding rhetoric that could draw their countries into the rivalry between the United States and China, Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto went the other way this weekend with a full-throated embrace of Beijing that also appeared intended to send a powerful ...

Enduring Disillusionment: The Israeli Media Debate on China in 2024

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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, ...

China’s Once Tidy Mideast Policy Has Been Upended

A few months ago, China looked like it had all its Mideast diplomacy figured out. Israel and the U.S. were taking heavy hits in the court of global public opinion over the devastation caused by the war in Gaza. Each harrowing ...

China Reconfirms Support for Iran-Saudi Ties, Gaza Ceasefire in Riyadh Talks

Officials from China, Saudi Arabia and Iran called for “an immediate end” to Israeli military operations in Palestinian territories and Lebanon. They convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the second meeting of the China-Saudi Arabia-Iran tripartite committee set up to implement ...

Wang Yi Lays Out Expansive Chinese Foreign Policy Vision in UN Address

Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the case for a much more expansive, more assertive Chinese foreign policy during an address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday. Wang spoke forcefully against Israel's military initiatives in the Middle East, ...

Palestinian Responses to the Beijing Declaration

By Raphael Angieri On July 23, 2024, in a development feted by Chinese state-run media as a triumph of the country’s Middle East diplomacy, representatives of 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, jointly signed the “Beijing Declaration to End Division and ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Hits the Phones to Stave Off Mideast Conflict

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently spoke by phone with his counterparts in Egypt and Jordan in a renewed Chinese diplomatic push to avoid an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently spoke by ...

China and the Gaza Crisis

In case you needed your geopolitical optics even starker than usual, this week rushed to comply. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi watched as representatives of fourteen Palestinian movements, including Hamas and Fatah, signed the Beijing Declaration.

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

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 outcomes of these engagements is very much in question.
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