Xi Jinping’s latest diplomatic tour began this week in Peru, where he will participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima and the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On Thursday, Xi made headlines...
China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are increasingly moving away from large infrastructure projects backed by massive state lending and towards smaller projects in electric vehicles and high-tech...
Three years after the Chinese government’s cautiously supportive stance toward the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan led to Chinese netizens blasting their government for being “Taliban in spirit,” China has maintained its...
In what is becoming an increasingly regular occurrence, a militant group carried out a deadly attack against Chinese citizens in Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for a suicide car-bombing...
The ninth edition of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) concluded last week in Beijing. This triennial summit attracted leaders from more than 50 African countries for a diplomatic fanfare of lavish state dinners,...
China dominates the global electric vehicle (EV) industry. Last year, China accounted for approximately 60 percent of global registrations of new electric vehicles, and China’s EV stock was over 4.5 times greater than that of...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has embarked on her first trip to China since taking office. Her five-day visit comes at a time of rising trade tensions between the E.U. and China, and growing polarization between China...
On Tuesday, a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan killed five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver. This is the third attack against Chinese interests and nationals in Pakistan over the past week, underscoring their...
Chinese state media often describe the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “flagship project” of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Pakistan’s city of Gwadar as a “flagship project” of the CPEC. The CPEC has...
In a small twist to the Chinese foreign minister’s tradition of making their first diplomatic visit of the new year to Africa, two countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) were added to Wang Yi’s tour: Brazil and...
Javier Milei was never Beijing’s preferred candidate to win Argentina’s presidential elections. The radical libertarian and self-described anarcho-capitalist campaigned on severing ties with “communist” China, referred to its...
In 2013, Xi Jinping introduced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and called on state media to “tell China’s story well.” Almost ten years later, the CCP’s external propaganda apparatus is struggling to present a positive image...
On Friday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Beijing for an 11-hour visit with General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. He is the first G7 leader to visit Beijing since the pandemic began, and the first...
Last week, the Zambian government announced that its creditors—a coalition of French and Chinese lenders that includes China Exim Bank—would cancel $2 billion of the country’s $17 billion external debt. The landmark debt...
This week concluded the 2021 meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Hosted this time in Dakar, Senegal, the triennial summit has historically brought together Chinese and African heads of state in a public...
Last week, the Solomon Islands erupted in protest. Rioters in the country’s capital, Honiara, torched numerous buildings in Chinatown, ransacked a police station, and defied government lockdown orders. Despite being met with...
Members of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of suspending talks on a landmark investment agreement with China, effectively putting ratification of the agreement on indefinite hold. The Comprehensive...
A little over four months after the European Union hastily signed a landmark investment agreement with China in a move hailed by Beijing as a diplomatic success, efforts by the E.U. to ratify the agreement are now reportedly on...
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