China

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a news conference on Saturday that China opposes US unilateral sanctions on Iran and appreciates Iran’s continued commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, despite the breach of it by the Trump administration. This, […]

China

You’ll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won’t be Great Again

The Conversation

A major player is BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” headquartered in Shenzhen

China

A Modest Proposal for Trump: End Trade War & Maybe China will Build you a Wall (They have Experience)

Tom Engelhardt

Admittedly, you continue to claim that your wall is already being built, but of course it is not

China

Has the Coming Sino-American Conflict Already Begun?

Michael T. Klare

In the Western Pacific, the U.S. has stepped up its naval patrols and forged new basing arrangements

astronomy and outer space

A New Space Race? China First to Land on Far Side of Moon

The Conversation

The probe, Chang’e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed

China

New Cold War or New Global Tinderbox?

Michael T. Klare

the United States and its rivals are engaged in an accelerating arms race, focused on nuclear and “conventional” weaponry

China

US Ports Hurting from Trump’s anti-China Trade War, Warn of Severe Crisis in Six Months

AFP

“We can probably take another six months, but at some point it’s going to be very hard to face the situation.”

China

Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor

AFP

Islamabad (AFP) – Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan, its information minister said Thursday, as concerns grow over the country’s debt levels. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an ambitious plan to build energy and transport links connecting the western Chinese region of […]

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Dragon Waiting: After Idlib, Will Beijing Bring Syria into its One Belt Network?

Neil Thompson

As speculation grows that the Syrian army under the regime of Bashar al-Assad is preparing to strike at the Idlib de-escalation zone, the last piece of Syrian territory with a significant rebel presence left active, it seems as if the brutal civil there is at last drawing to a bloody conclusion. Like Iraq, Syria may […]