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As we approach the sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Johannesburg, we try better to understand the main issues that surely will arise when Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma meet on December 4 to deliver the FOCAC keynote addresses along with African Union Chairman Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe.

After a US submarine was damaged by an underwater collision in the South China Sea earlier this year, China called the US “irresponsible,” accusing it of a lack of transparency about what its sub was doing 7,000 miles from home.

In its year-end press conference on Wednesday, the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing said China was confident it has the upper hand in cross-strait relations.

Rich Burger is way tastier than you'd imagine by walking past its generic exterior

To quickly lower the risk of nuclear escalation, manage arms racing, and avoid a breakdown in future treaty negotiations, the United States, Russia, and China should consider five politically binding proposals to build transparency and confidence.

The success of North Korean renewable energy projects will depend on the willingness of key allies, such as China, to facilitate.

President Xi Jinping is seeking to remodel the economy, address inequality and reduce financial risk without destabilising growth.

On September 9, the South China Morning Post’s Chinese-language website went dark with little explanation, leading to concerns that censorship might next spread to the newspaper’s English-language coverage. Can Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, who has strong ties to mainland business interests and to the ruling party, support “objective, balanced and fair” coverage of China and his

August folds into September, and the high-frequency cycle begins anew. The initial estimate of consumer inflation by the ECB and the US jobs data are ...

China fürchtet, dass der Erfolg der Taliban islamistische Kräfte beflügelt. Auch bei der Erschließung von Rohstoffen im Nachbarland Afghanistan gibt es Probleme.