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China’s Top Diplomat to Visit Middle East This Week

China's top diplomat Wang Yi will begin a tour of the Middle East on Friday for bilateral talks in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Beijing said Thursday. Wang will visit from 12 to 16 December for talks with ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: China Criticizes Trump’s Nigeria Ultimatum

Tanzania reopened its border with Zambia, restoring a key transit route for China-bound copper exports. The border crossing, along with the port at Dar es Salaam, had been closed due to a surge of election violence, but officials now say they're clearing a backlog and copper shipments are ...

China’s Wang Yi Urges Resumption of Iran Nuclear Talks in Call With Tehran’s Foreign Minister

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and called for the resumption of nuclear talks. “The current political process for resolving the Iran nuclear issue is at a standstill, and this is not ...

Chinese-Made Weapons Used in the UAE’s Genocide in Sudan

The United Arab Emirates is reportedly funneling increasing amounts of Chinese-made weapons to its proxy Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan. The group has repeatedly been accused of staging a genocide in Sudan. A new report from the Wall ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump: U.S. Should’ve Been Highlighted at China’s WWII Parade

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. should have played a more prominent role at China’s military parade to commemorate its victory over Japan in 1945. "I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive," he said. "I watched the speech ...

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2026: Africa-China Relations in a World Shaped by North-South Geopolitics

When talking about Africa–China relations, one is always moving along a sliding scale. There are myriad interactions with Chinese entities that concern only individual African countries, segueing into trends affecting the whole continent and sliding further into global dynamics shaping the developing world, of which Africa is the heart.

The Africa-China relationship is its own thing, but Africa’s fate can’t easily be separated from factors affecting the wider Global South, ...

Trump’s Middle East Pivot Aims to Counter China’s Rising Influence

By Maria Papageorgiou The U.S. president, Donald Trump, claimed he was able to secure deals totalling more than $2 trillion for the U.S. on his tour of the Gulf states in May. Trump said “there has never been anything like” the amount ...

UAE Denies Supplying Chinese Weapons to Sudan Paramilitaries

The United Arab Emirates on Friday denied an Amnesty International report accusing it of providing Chinese-made weapons to Sudanese paramilitary forces at war with the regular army. "The UAE strongly rejects the suggestion that it is supplying weaponry to any party ...

UAE-Supplied Chinese Weapons Used by Sudan’s RSF: Amnesty

Chinese weapons provided by the United Arab Emirates have been found in the possession of Sudan's paramilitaries, in violation of a United Nations arms embargo, Amnesty International reported Thursday. "Sophisticated Chinese weaponry, re-exported by the United Arab Emirates, has been captured ...

DR Congo in the Market for More Chinese Attack Drones

DR Congo security officials are reportedly in talks with Chinese aerospace giant CATIC to acquire three new attack drones to bolster their fight against M23 rebels in the east of the country, according to Africa Intelligence. Specific details of the price ...

UAE to Launch DeepSeek-Inspired AI Models: Senior Official

By Talek Harris The United Arab Emirates is planning to launch new artificial intelligence models inspired by China's DeepSeek, a senior official told AFP, calling the system's disruptive emergence "fantastic news." Faisal Al Bannai, the ...

The BRICS in Kazan: A Testing Ground for Chinese Multipolarism?

By Giulia Sciorati This week’s BRICS summit in Kazan has represented a key opportunity for Beijing to strengthen its leadership within the group and solidify its status as both a regional and global power. For China, BRICS serves primarily as a ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: China Warns Citizens Abroad Against Seafood Poaching

The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies it said have been involved in supplying Pakistan's ballistic missile program. Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington, said, "China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international ...
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