At the closing of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, world leaders congratulated themselves on having achieved a rare moment of unity: issuing a joint statement that “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian...
China will soon hand over a newly constructed $140-million-dollar parliamentary building to Zimbabwe. Built by contractor Shanghai Construction Group Company and funded by the Chinese government, the building is the latest...
On March 18, President Joe Biden spoke for almost two hours with President Xi Jinping in the leaders’ first virtual meeting since November. The call addressed the Sino-US relationship and, most prominently, China’s stance toward...
Amid a NATO meeting in Washington, ongoing Brexit negotiations in London, and an upcoming...
Beijing has been increasing engagement with Afghanistan since Xi Jinping became president in 2012,...
China’s model of economic development has yielded significant economic leverage in Afghanistan, but NATO forces are set to withdraw next year and Rafaello Pantucci writes that Beijing needs to formulate and implement a...
China has long been working to strengthen relationships with nearby Central Asian states. While regional security and economic development are primary motivations for Beijing’s interaction with Central Asia, a press...
Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s most senior officer, has been the victim of repeated online attacks in which the perpetrators created fake Facebook accounts under his name. Security experts believe the attacks originated...
Chinese media views of events in Libya draw implicit contrasts between the Gaddafi regime and China’s own government. Beijing, it is suggested, has enabled the country to stand up against the West by strengthening the...
China is speaking out against the NATO military strikes in Libya after Muammar Gaddafi’s son and grandchildren were killed: “We hope all parties can cease fire immediately and solve the current crisis in a peaceful...
While other historic dates are getting more press time this year, the ten-year anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by NATO missiles, and subsequent protests in China, passed relatively quietly last...
An official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, has said that NATO may ask China for help with the war in Afghanistan, possibly by opening a supply link. From AP: China shares a 76-kilometer- (50-mile)-long border with...
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