China’s efforts in brokering a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been seen by analysts as broader signs of a “changing global order”. During talks in Beijing on Friday, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed […]
EXPLAINER NewsConflict Chinese leader Xi Jinping was handed an unprecedented third term as president on Friday and was also named commander of China’s two million-strong People’s Liberation Army. Considered the most powerful Chinese leader since […]
“After tiptoeing toward a rapprochement, any fence-mending now has been postponed,” is the byeline of the latest report from The Wall Street Journal that warns US and China are plunging further into a “spiral of […]
China’s GDP growth target of roughly 5% for 2023 was lower than last year’s target and lower than the average forecast from a cross-section of economic experts. After China relaxed its strict Covid-19 rules, oil […]
Soaring global energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and domestic supply disruption have prompted Beijing to step up its focus on energy security in recent years. The world’s second-biggest economy relied on coal to […]
China is targeting economic growth of about 5 percent in 2023 — one of its lowest targets in decades. Outgoing Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unveiled the target on Sunday at the opening of the National […]
As Covid-19 lockdowns gripped the world in 2020, Bernard Looney, chief executive officer of BP Plc, made a startling admission: He thought that oil demand might never return to its pre-pandemic peak. But recently, Looney has […]
Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Russia is easing its dependence on the U.S. dollar and quickly growing reliant on the Chinese yuan, which could turn out to be either a boon for […]
At the G-20 meeting in Indonesia on Monday, President Joe Biden met with the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. But while Biden focused on climate change, the Chinese have been cloaking their […]
China is signaling that it wants to move forward with a Central Asian natural gas pipeline project that’s been discussed for decades. But does Central Asia have gas to fill the pipeline, known as Line […]
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