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EU Chief Calls on China to Pressure Iran Over Weapons Sales
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a direct appeal to visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping to help curb Iranian weapons sales in the Middle East. “We believe that China can play an important role in limiting the irresponsible ...
Macron Shows the Way in How a G7 Country Can Cooperate With China
Senior U.S. officials like to offset their frequent criticisms of China by saying they seek to compete with Beijing when necessary and cooperate "in areas of shared interest." While areas of competition are quite evident, finding "shared interests" is proving to ...
The Real Reason to Pay Attention to BRICS
One of the few things about the upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa everyone can agree on is that it’s notable. But no one agrees why. What does the body’s possible expansion beyond its core members of Brazil, Russia, India, China, ...
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.
Franco-Chinese Joint Statement Reflects Subtle, Yet Important Shifts in Beijing’s Stance on the Israel-Hamas War
France and China published a joint statement this week on "the situation in the Middle East" that contained a number of important policy shifts in Beijing's approach to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Since ...
The Complications of Iran-China Relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France provides an interesting moment to reflect on both the reality of China-Iran relations and how these are seen from the outside. European leaders like EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen see China as
EU Chief Calls on China to Pressure Iran Over Weapons Sales
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a direct appeal to visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping to help curb Iranian weapons sales in the Middle East. “We believe that China can play an important role in limiting the irresponsible ...
Macron Shows the Way in How a G7 Country Can Cooperate With China
Senior U.S. officials like to offset their frequent criticisms of China by saying they seek to compete with Beijing when necessary and cooperate "in areas of shared interest." While areas of competition are quite evident, finding "shared interests" is proving to ...
The Real Reason to Pay Attention to BRICS
One of the few things about the upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa everyone can agree on is that it’s notable. But no one agrees why. What does the body’s possible expansion beyond its core members of Brazil, Russia, India, China, ...
Sri Lanka’s Creditors Push for Greater Chinese Participation in Debt Talks
Three of Sri Lanka’s largest lenders are calling for its debt restructuring process to be sped up and for China to support the process. Officials from India, Japan, and France, the three heads of Sri Lanka’s creditor committee, are also raising new forms of cooperation in a bid ...
Zambia’s Landmark Debt Deal Highlights China’s Success in Setting New Rules for Development Finance
Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema looked visibly relieved following Friday's announcement that the country's creditor committee had finally reached an agreement to restructure $6.3 billion of bilateral external debt. The deal that took more than two years to finalize was unveiled by ...
China Raises the (Already Sky-High) Stakes at This Week’s Summit for A New Global Financing Pact
The Global South faces dual existential crises: speeding up development to match growing population rates while trying not to become climate roadkill. Both are worsened by a broken international development financing system increasingly hijacked by geopolitics. This week’s Summit for a New ...