Belt and Road

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, revealed he is in talks with China to join its Belt and Road Initiative, as he looks for funding to rebuild Syria and Beijing looks to extend its influence in the region.  Assad said he has proposed a number of projects…

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kongs besieged leader arrived in Beijing for meetings with senior Chinese officials seeking to end pro-democracy protests that have raged for more than six months. Chief Executive Carrie Lam, whose administration has been fiercely critici…

Following the news that a phase one China trade deal had been forged, President Donald Trump tweeted that phase two negotiations would begin immediately, rather than after the 2020 election, as he had suggested in recent days. Trade and market experts cautio…

The US's top commander in the Indo-Pacific explains China's tactics and how the US is helping allies counter them

On paper, the German city of Duisburg, population 500,000, seems like a perfect stop on the roadmap of Chinas global ambitions. Situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers, Duisburg had become the poster child for industrial decline, a heady fall…

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, a prestigious medical center located in Chengdu, Sichuan province, signed an agreement on Dec. 5 with the Chengdu Management Committee of Tianfu New Area, China's 11th na…

China has spent billions of dollars to project soft power in Asia but it has struggled to win the hearts and minds of ordinary citizens in parts of the region, a study said Tuesday. President Xi Jinping doubled China's foreign affairs budget in six years fro…

BEIJING, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the annual "Double 11" shopping festival in China has come to an end. Apart from the usual fierce competition of local businesses, consumers' pursuit of high-quality imported food is increasing. Among them, it …

“Why is the World Bank loaning money to China? Can this be possible? China has plenty of money, and if they don’t, they create it. STOP!” Trump tweeted Friday, taking aim at the decision by the financial body’s board to approve a five-year plan to help China …

Yves here. Not that the US is making great strides towards reducing its dependence on fossil fuels, but some readers took umbrage at the notion that China is retreating from its earlier plans to move towards greener energy sources and cut its use of coal. Tow…