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Rubio to Meet China’s Wang on Sidelines of ASEAN Talks
By Léon Bruneau U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers' meet in Malaysia, the State Department said. The meeting ...
Trump Courts West Africa to Challenge China’s Critical Minerals Dominance
By Frankie Taggart with Becca Milfeld and Lucie Peytermann in Dakar U.S. President Donald Trump hailed West Africa's rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the ...
Beijing Says Almost 800 Chinese Citizens Evacuated From Iran
Almost 800 Chinese citizens have been evacuated from Iran since Israel launched military strikes against the country last week, Beijing said Wednesday. "Currently... 791 Chinese nationals have been relocated from Iran to safe areas," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at ...
Panama Urges U.S. Not to Involve It in Disputes With China
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday asked the United States to refrain from dragging the Central American country into its "geopolitical conflict" with China. The appeal came after the U.S. embassy in Panama City announced a project to replace communications ...
Choosing Sides or Playing Both? Latin America Navigates U.S.–China Rivalry
Latin America is the key focal point for the United States in its global competition with China. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he deems China's growing presence in the Western Hemisphere a direct threat to U.S. interests in ...
Domestic U.S. Politics Undermine Washington’s Ability to Challenge China’s Influence in Asia-Pacific
U.S. President Joe Biden will leave for Japan on Wednesday to attend a G7 leaders summit in Hiroshima, but rather than continue on to Australia and what would have been a landmark visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG), he'll head straight back to Washington instead.
Georgetown University’s Ken Opalo Why the U.S. Can’t Compete With China in Africa
Until the Biden administration released its new strategy for Africa last August, U.S. foreign policy towards the continent had been largely shaped by a longstanding desire in Washington to challenge China's growing presence there. Going all the way back to the ...
How will China’s New Foreign Minister Shape Foreign Policy? Four Trends to Watch
Qin Gang, China’s incoming Foreign Minister, held his first press conference in early March. Coming during the Communist Party of China’s crucial Two Sessions gatherings, Qin’s debut outing was a high-profile event. It immediately drew attention to his warning that: “If the United States does not ...
The Stark Difference Between How African and U.S. Governments See Engagement With China Was Clearly Evident in Nigeria
The huge divide between how African governments see their engagement with China and how it's framed by the United States was on full display at a press conference late last week in Abuja with visiting Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his host Nigerian ...
How the Biden Administration’s New Africa Policy is Perceived in China
Chinese policymakers and analysts have been closely studying U.S. foreign policy in Africa to determine how much is actually new and what is a holdover from previous administrations, namely during the Trump period. He Jian (贺鉴), a ...
FOCAC Comes as Both China and the U.S. Are Evolving Their Africa Policies
The upcoming FOCAC summit comes at a critical time when both the United States and China are actively transitioning their engagement strategies in Africa. For the Chinese, the summit will provide an opportunity to formally lift the veil on a new set ...
We Got Our First Peek at B3W, But It’s Still Not Clear What the U.S. is Trying to Do
The Biden administration appears to be ramping up its efforts to get the Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative off the ground. In what was the first action related to the program since it was announced over the summer at the G7 summit in England, a high-level ...