Category: China
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China vs India: The Belt & Road and the String of Pearls
The recent unprecedented deterioration of Indo-Maldives relations and the docking of a Chinese ‘research’ ship in the islands has sparked concerns about the resurgence of the Chinese strategy of the famed ‘String of Pearls,’ which aims to encircle India with Chinese outposts to maintain its dominance on its neighbor. The courageous audacity of a small…
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China’s paranoia over online ‘rumour’ spreading reaches a peak!
Chinese police have designated 2024 as “a year of special action to combat online rumours.” According to CCTV police “severely cracked down (in 2023) on illegal and criminal activities such as fabricating false information about police, epidemics, dangers and disasters”, state broadcaster CCTV said (22 December 2023). China’s paranoia over regime stability is such that…
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China releases the findings of the South China Sea’s baseline geological survey.
China on Tuesday unveiled new achievements in oceanic geological survey as researchers completed a 1:1,000,000 scale survey of the basic geology of the South China Sea. The South China Sea – the largest marginal sea in the Western Pacific – has a complex geological structure and rich mineral resources. It is also an important experimental…
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The Quiet Dragon: Unravelling Chinese Influence Operations in Cambodia
Out of all the ASEAN member states, Cambodia has proved the most willing to align its interests with the People’s Republic of China. When the country recently held the position of ASEAN chair in 2022, they blocked the use of language implying that China was taking aggressive action in the South China Sea, resulting in…
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Is Manila getting tough with Beijing over the South China Sea?
In the South China Sea as China wants to prove its dominance by claiming more than 90% of this waterbody of the Pacific as its own, the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is giving Beijing a run for its money in the region. Manila is not only challenging Beijing’s claim in the resource rich…
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Do China’s Alternatives to the Belt and Road Program Compete or Complement each other?
Promoting various economic corridors as “alternatives” to the BRI misses the mark, for three reasons. Since President Xi Jinping’s announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has invested over $1 trillion in thousands of projects around the world. This has addressed some of the projected infrastructure investment gap in the Global…
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China demands a halt to the “harassment” of Red Sea civilian ships.
China called for an end to “harassment” of civilian vessels in the Red Sea on Friday after attacks on ships by Huthi rebels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Huthi aggression against vessels in and around the Red Sea has led to retaliatory strikes in Yemen by US and British forces. Some shipping firms are…
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China demands a halt to the “harassment” of Red Sea civilian ships.
China called for an end to “harassment” of civilian vessels in the Red Sea on Friday after attacks on ships by Huthi rebels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Huthi aggression against vessels in and around the Red Sea has led to retaliatory strikes in Yemen by US and British forces. Some shipping firms are…
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13 died in school dormitory fire in Henan, China, according to official media
Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan’s Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) Friday night, Xinhua said. Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, the news…
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Belt and Road Initiative: Rising Chinese exports are mirrored in important nations’ need for steelBelt and Road Initiative: Rising Chinese exports are mirrored in important nations’ need for steel
China’s export has been a pivotal force to its steel industry, particularly in the wake of reduced domestic demand due to a sluggish property market. China’s January-November 2023 net steel exports saw a 35.6% increase year-on-year, reaching 85.66 million mt, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. China’s steel exports peaked in 2015 at 112.4…