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China’s BYD Challenges Japan’s Auto Giants With Budget EV Mini-Car Launch
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (198+ words) The China-Global South Project China’s BYD launched an electric mini-car in Japan on Tuesday, hoping the Racco model will revive sales in a market where it has struggled to gain traction since entering the passenger car segment in 2023. The Shenzhen-based…...
After the Deals, Indonesia Faces the Harder Test With China
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (848+ words) Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, spent the past two weeks shuttling between Jakarta and Shanghai, meeting rooms full of Chinese officials, an unusually busy stretch for a relationship already growing fast. Both meetings sit inside a framework…...
India Denies Endorsing China’s Tibet Position After High-Level Talks
1+ day, 28+ min ago (185+ words) Eric Olander is the co-founder of the China Global South Project, an independent, non-partisan media initiative dedicated to exploring every facet of China’s engagement in Africa. Eric is a fluent Mandarin-speaker and a longtime China-watcher with more than 25 years of…...
China Supports Brazil in Opposing ‘Interference’: Xi to Lula
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (179+ words) The China-Global South Project Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart on Monday that he supports the country in “opposing external interference”, Beijing’s state media said, reporting a call between the leaders. The conversation between Xi and President Luiz…...
As Zimbabwe’s Raw Lithium Ban Pays off, Ambitions Grow
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (176+ words) The China-Global South Project Zimbabwe’s first plant to process clean-energy metal lithium — of which it is Africa’s top producer — is up and running, a milestone in its expanding drive to stop the wholesale export of its raw mineral wealth. - Get…...
Third Chinese Supertanker Clears Houthi Red Sea Blockade
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (176+ words) The China-Global South Project Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through the Strait of Hormuz stayed low over the weekend, shipping data from Kpler…...
Thailand Pauses Malacca Bypass as Chinese Investment Priorities Shift
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (501+ words) Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul used a five-day visit to China to signal a retreat from Thailand’s long-endorsed Land Bridge megaproject, saying his government would first upgrade existing ports and complete missing road and rail links. Thailand’s proposal called for…...
17 Missing After Vietnamese Ship Sinks in South China Sea: Hanoi
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (542+ words) Rescuers were searching for 17 missing people on Sunday after a Vietnamese cargo ship carrying 62 people sank during stormy weather in the contested South China Sea, Vietnam’s foreign ministry said. Vietnamese authorities arrived at the scene after the vessel Khoi Nguyen…...
U.S., Japan Join Philippines in South China Sea Drills
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (190+ words) The China-Global South Project The U.S. and Japan joined the Philippines in maritime exercises in the South China Sea, as the Filipino and Chinese governments traded accusations following an encounter between vessels from their countries in the disputed waters. The five-day…...
China’s Trade With Southeast Asia Soars Even as Public Opinion Turns More Wary
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (515+ words) Chinese public sentiment toward ASEAN appears to have cooled even as economic ties deepen, according to a new state-media poll released days before Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Southeast Asian counterparts in Manila amid fresh South China Sea tensions. The…...