‘Decoupling’ Debunked: China’s Trade Engine Keeps Surging
China’s overall model drives down costs through productive efficiency and output abundance. Its own economy and those of the Global South benefit from this.
China’s overall model drives down costs through productive efficiency and output abundance. Its own economy and those of the Global South benefit from this.
Good coordination between China and the U.S. could yield positive results in areas like trade, climate change and global security. The key question is whether President Trump can bring the statesmanship necessary to rise to the occasion.
It is hoped that BRICS and non-BRICS countries can improve the global governance in the future, thereby amplifying the collective voice of the Global South.
Once riddled with conflict, China’s Xinjiang region now is a land of growth and stability.
In a well-regulated, reasonable, and peaceful public discourse environment, ‘TikTok refugees’ and Chinese netizens can largely build constructive and positive relations.
If everything is national security, then nothing is national security.
China-assisted state-of-the-art judicial complex construction in Malawi will speed up court processes.
With programmes like China’s measures to support industrialisation, agricultural modernisation, and talent development, along with zero-tariff treatment for products from many African countries, the continent should be well-positioned to achieve its projected growth rate in the new year.
China and Africa need to further align development strategies to realise the immense potential of economic cooperation.
With a commitment to reduce emissions, and its investment in green technology bringing down global costs, China is emerging as the leader in fighting climate change.
China’s approach and experience in heritage conservation is worth emulating by other countries.
Mainstream and social media are coopted in the cause of public diplomacy to turn global opinion against China through a mix of innuendo, partial truth, untruths and disputed facts.