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Myth and Misperception: Does Vietnam Need a U.S. Security Guarantee to Deter China?
In this edition of M&M, I want to examine one of the most common claims not only in Vietnam’s foreign policy circle but also in that of the United States. The United States is a Pacific power with an extensive network of alliances and bases across the ...
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China Warns U.S. Against Building Ammunition Facility in Philippines
China warned the United States on Thursday against bringing "conflict and the chaos of war" to the Asia-Pacific, after Washington and its allies said they would weigh building a weapons base in the Philippines. A U.S.-led intergovernmental defence group agreed last ...
China Says ‘Glimmer of Hope’ on Iran War Talks
China's top diplomat has said a "glimmer of hope" for peace has emerged amid efforts to end the war in the Middle East, despite Tehran vowing to keep fighting. The White House has warned that U.S. President Donald Trump is ready ...
How China Is Wooing Paraguay’s Political Class Away From Longtime Ally Taiwan
By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott When Paraguayan opposition lawmaker Leidy Galeano returned from an all-expenses-paid tour of six Chinese cities late last year, she was convinced Paraguay risked missing out on major economic gains by sticking with longtime ally Taiwan over Beijing - ...
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, ...
Aerial view of heavy air pollution from nickel processing industries covering the Weda Bay area on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, August 2024. (CGSP / Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro)
By Joan Aurelia In July 2024, then-president Joko Widodo said Indonesia must “become a global player in the EV supply chain.” He was speaking at the inauguration of a Hyundai EV and battery factory in Karawang, West Java, where government officials declared the country’s commitment to ...
China Warns U.S. Against Building Ammunition Facility in Philippines
China warned the United States on Thursday against bringing "conflict and the chaos of war" to the Asia-Pacific, after Washington and its allies said they would weigh building a weapons base in the Philippines. A U.S.-led intergovernmental defence group agreed last ...
China Says ‘Glimmer of Hope’ on Iran War Talks
China's top diplomat has said a "glimmer of hope" for peace has emerged amid efforts to end the war in the Middle East, despite Tehran vowing to keep fighting. The White House has warned that U.S. President Donald Trump is ready ...
How China Is Wooing Paraguay’s Political Class Away From Longtime Ally Taiwan
By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott When Paraguayan opposition lawmaker Leidy Galeano returned from an all-expenses-paid tour of six Chinese cities late last year, she was convinced Paraguay risked missing out on major economic gains by sticking with longtime ally Taiwan over Beijing - ...
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, ...
BRICS Faces a Test as China and India Offer Starkly Different Responses to War
In the space of 24 hours, between Sunday and Monday, the foreign ministers from both China and India laid out their respective governments’ positions on the escalating war in the Middle East. In Beijing, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, was unsparing ...
China to Send Special Envoy to Mediate in Middle East: FM
China will send a special envoy to mediate in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, as the war triggered by U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continued its regional spread. Beijing is a close partner of Iran and has ...
Indonesia Seeks to Diversify Partners for Its New Rare Earth Industry but Moving Away From China Will Be Difficult
Indonesia sits on a geological treasure trove of rare earth minerals, and the government is eager to tap into the wealth they could bring. While it knows how to find, mine, and sell the highly sought-after critical materials, it confronts a ...
How Chinese Experts are Reacting to the American-Israeli Strikes on Iran
By Andrea Ghiselli More than a hundred children at a girls’ primary school in Minab, in southern Iran, are reported dead. Missiles and drones are striking targets across Israel as well as the Gulf, from Kuwait to Oman, with the barrage ...
Chinese Think Tank Argues U.S.–India Tensions May Ease Pressure on Beijing
A think tank affiliated with China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission （国家发展与改革委员会), said in an analysis that current tensions between the United States and India extend beyond President Donald Trump himself, pointing instead to deeper structural factors that could make the ...
U.S. Signs Critical Minerals Deal with Uzbekistan to Counter China’s Resource Dominance in Central Asia
By Marc Jones The U.S. government has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan to secure better access to the Central Asian country's critical minerals, as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to counter China's dominance of crucial resources and their supply chains.
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. Moves to Counter China in Bangladesh, Plans to Pitch Defense Alternatives
By Krishna N. Das The United States is concerned about China's expanding presence in South Asia and is planning to offer Bangladesh’s next government U.S. and allied defense systems as alternatives to Chinese hardware, Washington's ambassador to Dhaka told Reuters.