- February 17th, 2026
Since launching the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has emerged as one of the world’s largest overseas energy investors. For much of the past decade, Beijing’s engagement abroad was dominated by fossil fuel projects. However, the post-pandemic...
Dr Laxman Singh Dev In 1953, when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everest, they could hardly have imagined that within just four decades their historic expedition would turn Everest into an expensive hobby and a commercial industry. Today,...
China now produces more than 30 percent of the world’s manufactured goods—surpassing the combined output of the United States, Germany, and South Korea. Some Chinese scholars argue the country should target 45 percent of global capacity, framing sheer scale as...
Military officials from Thailand and Cambodia began high-level talks on Wednesday (Dec. 24), aiming to end a recent surge in border violence that has claimed at least 86 lives over the past 16 days. The discussions mark a crucial step...
2025 has been a year of dramatic twists in global trade, technology, and geopolitics, with one lesson standing out: never underestimate China. At the beginning of the year, the world’s second-largest economy appeared to be in steep decline. Economists predicted...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has lauded the “invincible friendship” between Moscow and Pyongyang in a New Year letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday (Dec. 25). In the letter, which reached Pyongyang last week, Putin...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a nuclear-powered submarine manufacturing facility and overseen the test launch of what state media described as “new-type” anti-air missiles, signalling a renewed push to expand Pyongyang’s strategic military capabilities amid rising tensions...
China's testing of giant uncrewed underwater drones marks a potentially transformative moment in maritime warfare, shifting attention away from aircraft carriers and missiles toward the largely unseen battlespace beneath the waves. According to reporting by Naval News, China is testing...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivered a message that resonated far beyond China’s capital — and uncomfortably linked China’s economic trajectory with Japan’s painful past during a recent visit to Beijing. Her remarks, aimed squarely at President Xi...
An iPhone that costs about US$100 less might not sound like a geopolitical statement, but in China’s southern island province of Hainan, it is exactly that. As global trade faces rising tariffs and deepening protectionism, China is moving in the...
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