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Xi Assures Russia of China’s Friendship as Ties Grow With Other Nations
China and Russia must trust and support each other, deepen cooperation and defend each other's interests, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, assuring Moscow of friendship even as the world's No.2 economy expands ties with other neighbours and nations. In ...
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China’s Wang Yi Criticizes U.S. and Defends Multilateral Order at Annual Press Briefing
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi forcefully denounced the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, saying the conflict “should never have happened.” Wang restated Beijing's call for a ceasefire and renewed his offer to help mediate an end to the conflict. Wang, ...
Chinese Think Tank Calls Myanmar Vote a ‘Fake Election’ but Sees Strategic Gains for Beijing
In a rare blunt assessment, an analysis from China’s prominent state-backed think tank, The Institute for International Affairs in Qianhai, a district of Shenzhen in southern China, denounced Myanmar’s general election under military rule last month, saying the process lacked legitimacy and would do nothing ...
Congo Says It Would Seek Other Partners if U.S. Minerals Framework Fails
The Democratic Republic of Congo will look for other partners if its minerals cooperation framework with the U.S. does not lead to concrete projects, the country's mines minister said. "Everything we have done with America is a framework under which we will discuss ...
U.S. Bars Palau Senate President, Former Marshall Islands Mayor Over China-Linked Corruption
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom The United States on Tuesday barred Palau Senate President Hokkons Baules and his family from entering the U.S., accusing him of corruption linked to China, as Washington pushes back on Beijing's effort to boost its influence in the ...
A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...
Xi Assures Russia of China’s Friendship as Ties Grow With Other Nations
China and Russia must trust and support each other, deepen cooperation and defend each other's interests, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, assuring Moscow of friendship even as the world's No.2 economy expands ties with other neighbours and nations. In ...
China’s Wang Yi Criticizes U.S. and Defends Multilateral Order at Annual Press Briefing
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi forcefully denounced the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, saying the conflict “should never have happened.” Wang restated Beijing's call for a ceasefire and renewed his offer to help mediate an end to the conflict. Wang, ...
Chinese Think Tank Calls Myanmar Vote a ‘Fake Election’ but Sees Strategic Gains for Beijing
In a rare blunt assessment, an analysis from China’s prominent state-backed think tank, The Institute for International Affairs in Qianhai, a district of Shenzhen in southern China, denounced Myanmar’s general election under military rule last month, saying the process lacked legitimacy and would do nothing ...
Congo Says It Would Seek Other Partners if U.S. Minerals Framework Fails
The Democratic Republic of Congo will look for other partners if its minerals cooperation framework with the U.S. does not lead to concrete projects, the country's mines minister said. "Everything we have done with America is a framework under which we will discuss ...
U.S. Bars Palau Senate President, Former Marshall Islands Mayor Over China-Linked Corruption
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom The United States on Tuesday barred Palau Senate President Hokkons Baules and his family from entering the U.S., accusing him of corruption linked to China, as Washington pushes back on Beijing's effort to boost its influence in the ...
Chinese Analysts Question Whether a U.S.-Led Minerals Alliance Can Ever Match China’s Costs
As Washington and its allies rally around a rare point of consensus under U.S. President Donald Trump on stockpiling critical minerals, a move clearly targeting China’s dominance in this sector, some Chinese scholars are questioning how durable this alignment will be for one simple reason: cost.
Panama Hits Back After China Warns of ‘Heavy Price’ in Ports Row
Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday rejected China's threat to make the Central American country pay a "heavy price" after a Hong Kong company was evicted from two ports on the Panama Canal. Writing on X, Mulino "strongly" rejected the ...
Panama Ports Will Operate Undisrupted After CK Hutchison Ruling, President Says
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on Friday that ports in the country will operate without disruption, despite a Supreme Court decision to annul key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison. The ruling on Thursday left the ...
Panama Court Voids CK Hutchison Port Contracts
Panama's Supreme Court has annulled key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, leaving the future ownership of some Panama Canal operations unclear and possibly upsetting its plans to sell some terminals. Panama Ports Company (PPC), a ...
U.S. Action Against Venezuela Spurs Blunt Debate Among Chinese Scholars
In the wake of the U.S. military’s seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife earlier this month, a group of influential Chinese scholars has moved quickly into the spotlight, offering blunt assessments of Washington’s intentions and debating how Beijing should respond as great-power rivalry deepens ...
U.S.–Venezuela Case Cannot Be Applied to Taiwan, Chinese Scholar Says
“If the United States can do this to a sovereign country, why can’t the mainland do the same to Taiwan?” Screenshots of the Facebook post by Ross Feingold, the former Asia-Pacific chair of the U.S. Republican Party, circulated widely alongside short video clips of Shen Yi, a ...
Chile’s Rightward Shift Signals New Risks for China in Latin America, Chinese Commentator Says
As vote totals came in over the weekend in Chile's presidential run-off election, Chinese social media began to anticipate what José Antonia Kast's victory could mean for China. A WeChat account focusing on international affairs tried to analyze how Kast’s ...