International Relations

The CCP intends to use the UN meeting as a platform to criticize the United States and use the visit to put a wedge in U.S.–Canada relations, analysts say.

Taiwan’s coast guard also reported separate incidents involving a Chinese coast guard ship near Pratas and 41 research vessels near Taiwan.

Amid sluggish demand and low profit margins at home, Chinese companies favor exports over direct investment in the continent, a report finds.

‘Too few businesses in Europe integrate the geopolitical risk of supply chain risk into their thinking,’ an EU official said at a council press conference.

The G7 sees China’s export of overcapacity and its economic model as a systemic challenge to Western industrial security and the global order, an analyst says.

Matthew Wale has been critical of Beijing in the past, but will this stance continue?

Lai delivered the address amid Beijing’s pressure, uncertainty over U.S. arms sales, and a narrowed defense-spending package.

A lack of clear benchmarks outside China is holding back European investment in the essential materials, the CEO of EIT RawMaterials says.

‘We’ll do everything in our power to defend that matter,' said Richard Marles, Australia’s defence minister.

Russia’s president left Beijing without reaching a deal on the proposed major gas pipeline project that ships natural gas from Russia to China.

Clashes over subsidies, market access, and industrial policy underscore deepening economic and strategic divides.

Until the talks are confirmed, Taiwan will ‘keep a low ‌profile,’ Taiwan National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu said.

German investigators allege that the couple targeted sensitive university research on behalf of Chinese intelligence.

Police are investigating alleged environmental violations at BYD’s first EU electric vehicle plant.

‘The global cobalt supply is heavily concentrated, with China controlling around 85 percent of refined capacity,’ said Heath Porteous of Cobalt Blue.

Chinese authorities call the Shanghai stabbing an isolated case, but it revives public safety concerns after earlier attacks involving Japanese schools.

The Filipino president is set to travel to Japan next week, where he will meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and discuss China’s aggressive actions.

The summit came days after Trump’s visit to Beijing, as Putin seeks to reinforce strategic ties between Russia and China.

It also found the most prolific partnerships were with the Chinese Communist Party’s so-called ‘Seven Sons of National Defence.’

‘I don’t think this is something that one country, one company can do,’ says a representative from a critical minerals miner.