At least two people were killed and 10 injured in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, local broadcaster Geo News reported. A Home Ministry official said it was an attack on Chinese nationals. Separatist militant group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said in a statement…
The US is upping the ante in its information war with China, with the House of Representatives backing a bill to spend US$1.6 billion within five years to promote anti-China propaganda, according to observers. The “Countering the PRC Malign Influence Fund Authorisation Act of 2023” was passed 351-36 earlier this month and will require Senate…
Malaysia’s king has arrived in Beijing for a four-day trip to China – the first by the country’s monarch in a decade and his first overseas state visit since being crowned in July – as the two countries celebrate a half-century of bilateral ties. Talks are expected to range from cooperation on high-speed rail to…
China is revising its belt and road playbook in Africa, as it moves its investment focus to agriculture, manufacturing, industrialisation and green energy, including critical metals. The shift is part of Beijing’s pivot towards “small but beautiful” projects in its African investment strategy. But while this could see fewer mega projects financed directly through Chinese…
When Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the China-Africa summit on Thursday, he called on the continent to join China in leading the modernisation of the Global South, which he said has suffered “injustice” at the hands of the West. In a joint action plan, China called for strengthened cooperation on supply chains and green technology…