China’s declining growth is set to affect Nigeria’s economy, the International Monetary Fund has revealed. IMF stated that because China has forged deep economic ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 20 years, its recent declining growth may affect growth in Nigeria by 0.5 percentage points on …
Read More »Biden Hosts China’s Top Diplomat Ahead of Expected Xi Meeting
President Biden met with China’s top diplomat on Friday to prepare for Mr. Biden’s planned meeting with President Xi Jinping next month as relations remain strained between Washington and Beijing. Amid cordial talk of cooperation between the United States and China, the official, Wang Yi, wrapped up a visit to …
Read More »Biden Forges Deeper Ties With Vietnam as China’s Ambition Mounts
President Biden cemented a new strategic relationship with Vietnam on Sunday, bringing two historical foes closer than they have ever been and putting the ghosts of the past behind them out of shared worry over China’s mounting ambitions in the region. During a landmark visit to Hanoi by the American …
Read More »Monday Briefing: China’s Mobilization Against Espionage
China tries to enlist ordinary people to root out spies China’s ruling Communist Party is enlisting ordinary people to guard against perceived threats to the country, in a campaign that blurs the line between vigilance and paranoia. China’s Ministry of State Security, a usually covert department that oversees the secret …
Read More »China’s Hacking of Government Email Was Traditional Espionage, Official Says
The hack of Microsoft’s cloud that resulted in the compromise of government emails was an example of a traditional espionage threat, a senior National Security Agency official said. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Rob Joyce, the director of cybersecurity at the N.S.A., said the United States needed to protect …
Read More »China’s Xi welcomes ‘old friend’ Henry Kissinger in Beijing
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has welcomed his “old friend”, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, to Beijing. The visit on Thursday came as the US and China have increasingly sought to improve their tanking relationship. The 100-year-old Kissinger was instrumental in negotiating for the two countries to normalise …
Read More »Joe Biden warns China’s Xi Jinping to ?be careful? about friendship with Putin
U.S. President, Joe Biden has warned his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping to ‘be careful’ after the Chinese President met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin because Beijing is heavily reliant on Western investment. ‘This is not a threat. This is an observation,’ Biden told CNN in an interview aired Sunday, July …
Read More »Why the Battle for Supremacy in Asia Begins With China’s Coast Guard
Seeking to dominate the strategic waterways of Asia, China has deployed an armada of boats that are equipped with 76-millimeter cannons and anti-ship missiles, and are bigger than U.S. Navy destroyers. But they are not Chinese Navy vessels. Their hulls are painted white, with “China Coast Guard” in block letters …
Read More »China’s cash-strapped local governments can’t pay workers on time
Hu Mingdan, a civil servant in eastern China, prided herself on landing a job known as an “iron rice bowl” – the kind where you don’t worry about being laid off or chasing payment. That is until late last year when, for the first time in more than 10 years …
Read More »US should stop encouraging war in Ukraine – Brazilian president Lula tells China’s Xi Jinping
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio, Lula da Silva has stated that the United States should stop “encouraging” the war in Ukraine. The US and EU have been major suppliers of arms and aid to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out peace talks as long as Russian …
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