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Communist Party of China Appoints New Diplomatic Head
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has appointed Liu Jianchao as the new head of its International Liaison Department, the Party’s diplomatic arm. Liu is the former ambassador to Indonesia and the Philippines. He also headed the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the body that pursued corruption ...
China’s Emerging Global Security Agenda Extends From Djibouti to the Solomon Islands
By Lukas Fiala In April, China confirmed the signing of a bilateral security agreement with the Solomon Islands, a supposed draft of which had been leaked a few weeks earlier. Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarked on an ...
Xi, Hichilema Speak Amid New Allegations China’s “Rookie Status” is Slowing Zambia’s Debt Restructuring Process
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema raised the sensitive issue of his country's burgeoning debt crisis during a phone call on Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Hichilema, according to a statement on his official Facebook page, ...
The Philippines New President Tells Xi He Wants Ties With China to “Shift to a Higher Gear”
Philippines President-elect Ferdinand Marcos said he plans to expand ties with China when he assumes office on June 30th. The incoming president told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a phone call on Wednesday that he hopes relations between the two countries will "shift to a higher gear."
China’s New ‘Global Security Initiative’ Promoted in Africa
China is planning a new international security architecture. And while few have any clear idea of what it will entail, it’s already being promoted in Africa. The “Global Security Initiative” was announced during Xi Jinping’s address to the Boao Forum on ...
What Does China Really Mean When It Says “African Solutions For African Problems?”
China's top diplomat for sub-Saharan Africa, Wu Peng, tweeted on Friday a version of Beijing's longstanding mantra "African Solutions for African Problems." The origins of that concept, at least in the Chinese context, are actually grounded in Asia where President Xi Jinping emphasized "Asia for Asians" early ...
Xi Hints at Plans for New China-led Global Security Order
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a new global security initiative while rejecting the economic decoupling championed by the United States. Xi spoke Thursday at the Boao Forum for Asia, traditionally an occasion for the announcement of broad, new policy directions. The speech gave a glimpse ...
Ukraine Sanctions and the New Non-Aligned Movement
Kevin Rudd, the former Australian Prime Minister, and a noted China expert, recently argued that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s political fortunes rest on three legs: the continued legitimacy of the CCP’s specific brand of Marxist-Leninism as a shared social system supporting China's economy, the continued ...
Chinese COVID Vaccine Deliveries Around the World Have Essentially Stopped
China's once enormous global COVID vaccine distribution drive has effectively come to a halt this year, according to new data published by the public health consultancy Bridge Consulting in Beijing. It's not clear what prompted the sharp dropoff in vaccine deliveries, but it could ...
Xi-Ramaphosa Call Appears to Reveal that South Africa Has, in Fact, Taken a Side in the Ukraine War
South Africa's zig-zagging response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine appears to be straightening out with President Cyril Ramaphosa increasingly aligned with China's stance on the issue. After initially condemning Moscow's incursion, South Africa's foreign ministry (DIRCO) denounced the Russian attack. But ...
Ukraine Shows That China is Not Yet Ready to Head an Alternative World Order
By Lukas Fiala, Hugo Jones, and Chris Alden Russia’s steadily escalating war in Ukraine has shocked Europe’s post-Cold War security order to its core. Over the past week, we saw China’s party-state kicking into gear as ambassadors and spokespersons increasingly
Why African Policymakers Should Pay Attention to This Year’s Two Sessions Meetings in China
Thousands of members of China’s political elite are in Beijing for the Two Sessions (lianghui), an annual gathering that will set the government’s agenda for the next year. While the main focus of the two meetings will be domestic, they give a rare glimpse into the government's ...