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President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China seeks to uphold the UN-based world order, in remarks as he met Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Beijing. His comments come after Donald Trump unveiled plans for his new "Board of Peace" this ...

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Voting has concluded in the final round of national elections in Myanmar. The vote is widely expected to entrench the power of the ruling military junta, which took power in 2021 after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratic government.
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China’s Place in the New Post-American International Order

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week will likely be remembered as one of the most significant orations of the early 21st century. Carney channeled the fear and frustration of many global leaders ...
China’s Rhetoric Is Clear on Venezuela. Latin America’s Response Is Not.

China’s Rhetoric Is Clear on Venezuela. Latin America’s Response Is Not.

While the dust from the U.S. military operation in Caracas to oust Nicolás Maduro has yet to settle, early Chinese reactions already offer useful food for thought. The views expressed across Latin America, largely absent from both Chinese and Western commentary, also help contextualize how China’s relationship ...
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2025 China-Africa Year in Review

In this special year-end edition of The China in Africa Podcast, Eric, Cobus, and Géraud look back on the top stories of 2025 and look ahead to the key trend to watch in 2026.  📌 ...

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Why Green Energy Will Be the Big Winner of the Iran Crisis

Why Green Energy Will Be the Big Winner of the Iran Crisis
File image of a worker cleaning solar panels installed on the roof of the traditional Gedhe market in Klaten, Central Java. China’s $180 billion clean tech push is reshaping the Global South, with Indonesia a key test of who controls new green industries. (Photo: DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks to fracking. 
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Xi Says China Seeks to Uphold UN-Based World Order

President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China seeks to uphold the UN-based world order, in remarks as he met Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Beijing. His comments come after Donald Trump unveiled plans for his new "Board of Peace" this ...

Myanmar Completes China-Supported Election

Voting has concluded in the final round of national elections in Myanmar. The vote is widely expected to entrench the power of the ruling military junta, which took power in 2021 after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratic government.

China’s Place in the New Post-American International Order

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week will likely be remembered as one of the most significant orations of the early 21st century. Carney channeled the fear and frustration of many global leaders ...

China’s Rhetoric Is Clear on Venezuela. Latin America’s Response Is Not.

While the dust from the U.S. military operation in Caracas to oust Nicolás Maduro has yet to settle, early Chinese reactions already offer useful food for thought. The views expressed across Latin America, largely absent from both Chinese and Western commentary, also help contextualize how China’s relationship ...

2025 China-Africa Year in Review

In this special year-end edition of The China in Africa Podcast, Eric, Cobus, and Géraud look back on the top stories of 2025 and look ahead to the key trend to watch in 2026.  📌 ...

Active Non-Alignment in the Era of U.S.-China Rivalry

From Panama to Kenya to Indonesia, a growing number of developing countries are being pulled into the intensifying rivalry between China and the U.S. For these middle powers, the stakes are high as they must carefully navigate the tension to avoid ...

China Advises Its Firms in Africa to Avoid Political Entanglements

Chinese businesses traditionally believe “guanxi” (关系)—building close ties with governments—is key to success, a mindset shaped by China’s own political system. But in Africa, this backfires. In a rare move, an official Chinese government publication is advising Chinese companies operating in ...

Xi Warns Protectionism ‘Leads Nowhere’ as Starts SE Asia Tour

By Alice Philipson with Mary Yang in Beijing Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned Monday that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners," state media said, as he was due to kick off a tour of Southeast ...

The Fate of China’s Global Supply Chains in the New Tariff Era

With new tariff threats from the Trump administration and rising tensions across key markets, companies and governments alike are scrambling to understand what decoupling—or de-risking—actually looks like in practice. From electronics and apparel to solar panels and electric vehicles, China’s ...

Bridges, Yes, Bandages, No: China Won’t Fill America’s Aid Shoes

By Felix Brender 王哲謙 If former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson thought a week was a long time in politics, a single day in Trump’s America now feels like a political eon. This column was originally meant to dissect the implications of ...

China’s Top Diplomat to Hold Friday Press Conference

China's foreign minister Wang Yi will take questions from journalists Friday on the sidelines of the "Two Sessions" political meetings, Beijing said. The veteran diplomat will answer questions on "China's foreign policy and diplomatic relations", the press centre of Beijing's National ...

China Says to Hike Defense Spending by 7.2% This Year

By Oliver Hotham and Ludovic Ehret China's defense spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rapid modernisation and eye deepening strategic competition with the United States. ...
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