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China in Talks With Iran to Allow Safe Oil and Gas Passage Through Hormuz, Sources Say
By Jonathan Saul and Marwa Rashad China is in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S.-Israeli war on Tehran intensifies, three diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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U.S. Revokes Visas for Chilean Officials Over China Cable Project
The U.S. State Department announced travel restrictions on Chile’s Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and two other officials in connection with a proposed undersea data cable project with China. In a short statement ascribed released on Friday, ...
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.
Chinese Analysts: Iran Will Endure External Pressure, Even as Internal Strains Mount
For weeks, even as protests rocked the streets of Iran with Donald Trump’s constant military threats, the prevailing narrative from Chinese scholarship was one of endurance; Tehran would not break as easily as the world imagined. That prediction held firm even ...
China’s Low-Key Response to the Iran Crisis
China was among the first and most vocal opponents of the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro. Curiously, though, when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to launch military strikes against Iran as Tehran dealt with ...
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.
China in Talks With Iran to Allow Safe Oil and Gas Passage Through Hormuz, Sources Say
By Jonathan Saul and Marwa Rashad China is in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S.-Israeli war on Tehran intensifies, three diplomatic sources told Reuters.
U.S. Revokes Visas for Chilean Officials Over China Cable Project
The U.S. State Department announced travel restrictions on Chile’s Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and two other officials in connection with a proposed undersea data cable project with China. In a short statement ascribed released on Friday, ...
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.
Chinese Analysts: Iran Will Endure External Pressure, Even as Internal Strains Mount
For weeks, even as protests rocked the streets of Iran with Donald Trump’s constant military threats, the prevailing narrative from Chinese scholarship was one of endurance; Tehran would not break as easily as the world imagined. That prediction held firm even ...
China’s Low-Key Response to the Iran Crisis
China was among the first and most vocal opponents of the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro. Curiously, though, when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to launch military strikes against Iran as Tehran dealt with ...
At UN, Russia and China Criticize U.S. Conduct Toward Venezuela
Russia and China on Tuesday criticized the United States for its military and economic pressure on Venezuela, telling the UN Security Council it was "cowboy behavior" and "intimidation." Venezuela, which requested the emergency council meeting with the backing of Moscow and ...
China Presses Malaysia and Cambodia Over US Trade Deals
China has asked Malaysia and Cambodia to explain the trade agreements they signed with the United States in October, issuing rare public complaints that the deals require the two Southeast Asian governments to adopt American security-related trade measures. China’s Ministry ...
Thai Court Rules Chinese Scam Hub Tycoon to Be Extradited
A tycoon linked to illegal scam hub operations on the Thai-Myanmar border will be extradited to face criminal charges in China, a court in Bangkok ordered on Monday. Chinese businessman She Zhijiang, 43, has been in detention in Thailand since 2022, ...
Ukraine, China’s Critical Mineral Dominance, on Agenda as G7 Meets
By Marion Thibaut G7 foreign ministers gather in Canada Tuesday for meetings expected to focus on Ukraine and find consensus on a path forward to end the four-year-old conflict. Options to fund Ukraine's war needs ...
Cambodia’s Prince Group, Target of U.S. and UK Sanctions
U.S. and UK authorities unveiled sanctions this week against Chen Zhi, a British-Cambodian tycoon accused of running cyberscam operations where workers, some trafficked, carry out transnational fraud schemes that have netted billions of dollars. AFP takes a look at the man, ...
India Forced to Pay Russia in Yuan, Handing China an Unexpected Win
China stands to gain from a surprising twist in global energy trade: India, long a rival and major oil importer, is now being forced to pay Russia for crude in Chinese yuan (RMB), a move that strengthens the yuan’s global role and indirectly supports China’s currency in ...
U.S. Expands Iran Sanctions, Targeting Chinese Firms Tied to Oil Shipments
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on dozens of people, companies and ships tied to Iran's oil sector, stepping up its campaign against a key revenue source for Tehran. The Treasury announced more than 50 targets aimed at people who ...