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China’s Crude Oil Imports Stayed Weak in August. Can This Continue?

By Clyde Russell China's seaborne imports of crude oil ticked up in August from July but remained nearly 40% below levels ...
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Manila’s China “Reset” Has Officially Begun

Over the last few months, Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr has concluded that Manila’s relationship with ...
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How Chinese Medical Devices Are Reshaping Healthcare in Kenya

This article is part of China's Medical Footprint in Africa, a CGSP series examining the many dimensions of China's presence ...
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China’s Growing Role in Southeast Asia’s Debt Resilience

By Ji Xianbai Southeast Asia faces a region-wide energy price shock. Higher fuel import bills, expanded subsidies, ...
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Could U.S. Bullying Push Latin America Towards China’s Transition Pipeline?

By Sam Meadows In early August, Donald Trump’s State Department posted a five-minute film on social media. The clip details ...
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China’s Industrial “Rainforest” Offers Insights for the Global South

Energiewende is a German word no international energy researcher can avoid. Coined in the 1980s and entering mainstream political discourse in the early 2000s, the term describes Germany’s ambitious ...
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China’s Blackmail Diplomacy against the Philippines Unravels

Legal action against over 100 Philippine nationals in China has become the latest flashpoint in fraught politics of arrest ...