China has waived the debt of some African countries. But it’s not about refinancing: Chinese president Xi Jinping addressing the China-Africa Summit via a video link from Beijing on 17 June 2020. Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images In mid-August, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs surprised the world with a series of announcements. Wang Yi, Beijing’s …
China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy: Homebuyers in China have been refusing to make mortgage payments. Svilen G / Shutterstock China has been trimming interest rates recently – in contrast to other major economies – as it tries to stem the economic effects of its …
Taiwan: the US has been strengthening support for years – now it needs a way to ease tensions with China: EPA-EFE/TAIWAN Presidential Palace The recent visit by the speaker of the US House of Representatives to Taiwan, Nancy Pelosi, was made against the wishes of the US government and despite threats from the People’s Republic …
China: how does the UK’s power to push back against the rising superpower really compare to that of the EU?: Vladm/Shutterstock The EU has been at the forefront of political efforts to work with and check the threats represented by China to the west since 1975. In 2019, the EU labelled China “a systemic rival” …
Ukraine Recap: Russian threats, Europe frets and China rises: Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions in Ukraine, dressed up for domestic consumption as a “military operation” to “de-Nazify” the country, have sent a shiver of apprehension through the rest of the region. In Moldova, particularly, where the small breakaway enclave of Transnistria gives Russia a foothold, many …
Russia’s neighbours are looking towards the EU or China for protection: Russian president Vladimir Putin’s increasingly explicit imperial ambitions to reconstitute a Russian empire from the ashes of the Soviet Union has raised considerable fears among former members. The only former USSR state that has fully endorsed and supported the Russian campaign against Ukraine is …
Ukraine conflict: how China could follow Russia’s playbook to increase its own powers: Amid the restructuring of the global order that has been accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the evolving position of China had been lost in the fog of war. The heads of the UK’s security service (MI5) and US Federal Bureau of …
G7 and Nato summits lay bare deep and hostile divide between Russia and China and the west: Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates in decades and a rapidly worsening global food crisis – western leaders have met for two major summits. …
Pacific islands: an unexpected new dimension to power struggles between US and China: Low lying islands in the Pacific are threatened by climate change. Shutterstock The island states of the Pacific – from large Papua New Guinea to the smaller island state of Tuvalu – find themselves in a newly influential position as the west …
China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: why it matters for South Africa: Farmers drive sprinkler irrigation machines in a wheat field in East China's Jiangsu province. Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images Something important for global agriculture happened this past week but received minimal media coverage. The Chinese National Crop Variety Approval Committee released …
How Ukraine war could boost tensions between US and China over future of Taiwan: China is becoming “more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad”, according to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Blinken made a major statement on US foreign policy on May 26 at George Washington University. It received a great deal …
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Ukraine: why China is not yet bailing out Russia: As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, China’s role has been thrown into sharp relief. Prior to the war, some commentators suggested that China would openly side with Russia or seek to act as a mediator – so far Beijing appears to have resisted doing either. As …
Ukraine conflict: the pros and cons of China as global peace mediator: flagsshutterstock Some early indications suggest that China may want to negotiate on behalf of the rest of the world with Russia on Ukraine. On March 1, Beijing issued a statement saying it “deplored” the outbreak of conflict and calling on Russia and Ukraine …
Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past: Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brazil in 2019. Alamy China’s general approach to Russian actions in its neighbouring regions has been to minimise its involvement. After Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, Beijing refused to recognise …