The United States has been warned to stop being “complacent” and engage with the Global South to consolidate its foothold in its escalating technological competition with China. Developing countries were expected to play an “increasingly critical” role in advanced technology over the coming decades, and their ties with China would probably strengthen, according to the…
US President Donald Trump’s senseless trade war has sparked a sell-off that wiped trillions of dollars off global bourses and led to concern the global economy would tip into recession. Mainland China and Hong Kong stock markets have received welcome support from Beijing’s sovereign wealth fund to soothe rattled investors who saw their net worth…
Tariffs imposed by the US will inevitably have a short-term impact on Hong Kong as an international trading hub, the city’s finance chief said, as he vowed to prepare for the worst and take action to support businesses. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po weighed in on the sweeping tariffs for the second straight day on…
President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Beijing said on Thursday that the US leader’s strategy for China would involve “some pain” and claimed that allies must do more to counter the Asian country. Speaking in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, David Perdue, a former Republican senator representing Georgia, also affirmed…
China’s “open-source” approach to development presents a reliable alternative for the Global South as Western dominance wanes and the world order is reshaped, according to a leading Chinese political scientist. Zheng Yongnian, dean of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s school of public policy in Shenzhen, said that both global orders were crumbling – the…
Egyptian President “Abdel Fattah El-Sisi” and his Chinese counterpart “Xi Jinping” share many common themes and future visions regarding the modernization of the Global South through the BRICS economic cooperation mechanism, such as enhancing cooperation between China, Egypt, and developing countries of the Global South, enhancing exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and African academic…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has announced that he will be visiting India once again, marking his third visit in three years. He shared this update through his LinkedIn account, highlighting the long-standing work of the Gates Foundation in India for over two decades. As part of the foundation’s 25th anniversary celebrations, the board of trustees…
China’s rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the dynamics of global technology and one of the most consequential shifts is taking place beyond the traditional AI power centres of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. China’s AI influence is expanding across the Global South, from Africa to Latin America and Southeast Asia. With affordable AI-powered…
Beijing welcomed the coming peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine initiated by the United States, China’s top envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, adding that “all stakeholders” should be involved. Ambassador Fu Cong’s remarks came as senior American and Russian officials were scheduled to meet on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia seeking…
Since its rapid rise, the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has faced considerable scrutiny from some Western countries but that is unlikely to be the case in the Global South where observers say it offers great potential. According to observers, this means DeepSeek’s success could be a huge boost for China’s soft power, especially in…