Speaking at a working conference on BRI projects, Beijing’s sprawling effort to build out a global infrastructure and trade network that connects to China, Xi warned that the international environment has become “tough and complicated”. “In recent years, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with a significant rise in unilateralism…
When Joe Biden arrives in Angola on Monday on his first African visit as US president, he is likely to land at a China-built airport and then be driven along a highway also built or financed by China. That goes to show how deep Chinese influence runs in Angola, where post-civil war reconstruction was largely…
Beijing, Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will travel to China on Monday on a four-day visit during which the two sides were expected to discuss a new plan to revive the BRI projects, which failed to materialise even after seven years they were signed with much fanfare. Nepal PM Oli to embark on…
With Donald Trump elected again as US president, China is concerned about the self-professed “Tariff Man” and his threats to kill off Chinese imports with big increases in tariffs, which are to be imposed on his first day back in the Oval Office next January. In response, the Biden administration and its Western allies complain…
Speakers share their insights during a panel discussion co-organized by China Daily with the theme of China, Green BRI & RCEP: Navigating the Future, Accelerating Partnerships. (LIU LULU/ CHINA DAILY) Southeast Asian countries are poised to capitalize on China’s technology strengths and regional partnerships to seize the opportunities presented by technology advancements as international headwinds…
This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech in Brazil titled “Building a just world of common development”, at the G20 summit’s first session on the global fight against hunger and poverty. He spoke of China’s poverty elimination campaign and its commitment to bringing common development and prosperity to the world. “Common” is a…
Military accidents involving China and the US in the South China Sea will be “increasingly likely” during Donald Trump’s second presidential term, but China is better prepared this time, according to a military analyst and retired People’s Liberation Army officer. PLA senior colonel Zhou Bo, now a senior fellow with Tsinghua University’s Centre for International…
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for reform of global institutions and emphasised his government’s shared views with Brazil on international matters, including the Ukraine war, ahead of his state visit to the South American nation. In a wide-ranging opinion piece published in Brazil’s leading newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Xi stressed the importance of increasing…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inaugurated Latin America’s first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru — a symbol of the Asian superpower’s growing influence on the continent as it prepares to face off with a new Donald Trump administration. China’s President Xi Jinping (left) waves next to Peru’s President Dina Boluarte upon his arrival for…
In Brazil’s westernmost state of Acre, a gleaming new section of highway is being built to carry President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s hopes of economic transformation. It also risks bearing the full weight of Donald Trump’s protectionist policies. The construction of a bridge and access roads over a 10 kilometer corridor leading to the Peruvian…