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Learning the Latin American Way: How Chinese Companies Are Rewriting Their Playbook Overseas

A report in the popular nationalist news site Guancha.cn (Observer) draws on a year of field interviews with Chinese managers and entrepreneurs working across Latin America. It explores how firms accustomed to China’s high-speed, KPI-driven culture are adapting to Latin America’s “life-first” ethos, where social trust, ...

Trump Tariffs Boosting Nigerian E-Commerce Giant

The CEO of the Nigerian e-commerce company Jumia says the Trump administration’s tariffs are easing its access to Chinese manufacturers. Francis Dufay told Bloomberg that trade barriers in the U.S. are forcing Chinese suppliers to find other markets, which benefits Nigerian consumers. This is strengthening Jumia’s hand ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Xi Jinping to Attend Central Asia Summit in Astana

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the Kazakh capital, Astana, next week to take part in a summit with Central Asian leaders. Xi is also scheduled to hold separate bilateral talks with his five counterparts from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic. 

Behind the Abaya: Chinese E-Commerce Eyes Persian Gulf’s Hidden ‘Her’ Economy

Narratives surrounding “veiled luxury” beneath the black abayas are electrifying Chinese e-commerce players. Frustrated by the U.S. markets due to the tariff, Chinese e-commerce players are turning to the Middle East's untapped “Her” economy.  Viral ...

Trump Tariffs Herald Trade Chaos

The Trump administration marked what it called “Liberation Day” with the imposition of sweeping tariffs on imports from numerous trade partners. The White House described the measure as rectifying “a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers” imposed by foreign ...

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Confusing Developments in “Development”

This week I’m in Brussels, where I took part in a workshop on how the EU should shape its development strategy in response to China’s global influence.
I have joked in the past that it feels like I’ve attended this same ‘EU, Africa, and External Development Partners’ conference for ten years straight. 

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Chinese Export Surge is Destroying Millions of Jobs Across the Global South

From Mexico to Malaysia, countries across the Global South are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with a massive surge of Chinese exports that are undercutting local producers and prompting mass lay-offs. Indonesia's textile and apparel industry lost a quarter a million ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Shein, Chinese Fast Fashion Giant Returns to India After Five-Year Ban

China has joined countries around the world in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza and force the displacement of Palestinians to other countries. China "has always believed that 'the Palestinians governing Palestine' is the fundamental principle for postwar governance in Gaza," said Foreign Ministry ...

Mexico Defends Clothing Industry With New Tariffs

Mexico on Thursday announced temporary tariffs on a range of clothing and textile products in an effort to protect its industry and jobs. The measures -- which do not apply to Mexico's free trade partners, including the United States and Canada, ...

Nigerian Shoppers Succomb to Massive Temu Marketing Blitz

Chinese online retailer Temu is now the most downloaded app on both the Android and Apple stores in Nigeria thanks to a massive marketing campaign that has blanketed the West African country with promotions for low-cost products imported directly from China.

The Global South is Becoming More Central to China’s Trade

While China’s trade data this month was largely gloomy, it also reflected interesting shifts. A breakdown of the data published by the Chinese publication Guancha showed that trade with key parts of the Global South is trending upwards. For example, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is currently ...

Chinese Shopping App Temu Suspended in Vietnam: State Media

Chinese shopping app Temu has been forced to suspend its services in Vietnam after it failed to register with authorities, state media said on Thursday. Goods ordered on Temu were no longer being cleared through customs in Vietnam, state media reported, ...

Buy Now, Pay Later: Latin America Pressured by Chinese Online Shops

By Paulina Abramovich Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt, and a handful of glitter stickers shipped to her front door in Santiago, Chile, all the way from China, almost 20,000 kilometers away.
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