China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia
China has executed 11 members of a notorious mafia family that ran scam centres in Myanmar along its north-eastern border, state media report.
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January 28, 2026 Starmer says ‘China matters’ as he heads to Beijing with business leaders
Sir Keir Starmer is on his way to Beijing, making the first trip to China by a British prime minister since 2018. He is due to meet President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Around 60 British business and cultural leaders are also on the trip, including representatives from bank HSBC, pharmaceutical company GSK, Jaguar Land Rover […]
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OPINION
January 24, 2026 Weaponized Interdependence in Practice: Liberal Trade Theory and the U.S.–China Semiconductor War
By Spyros Tsaparas, Junior Analyst KEDISA Introduction After the end of the Second World War and the victory of the Allied Powers, the post war period was based on founding principles to avoid another devastating conflict. Stemming from classical international relations theory, the Liberal post war period upheld trade between states as a tool of […]
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WORLD
December 29, 2025 China holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to ‘separatist forces’
China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island’s key areas, as a warning against “separatist forces”. The army, navy, air force and rocket force have been dispatched for the drills which include live-fire exercises, the Chinese military said. Codenamed “Justice Mission 2025”, the drills are taking place days […]
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EUROPE
September 25, 2025 EU and China Must Move from Words to Action
By Martin Banks The EU says the 27- strong bloc can do more and this would send a strong signal to the world.”
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WORLD
August 31, 2025 China and India pledge to be ‘partners not rivals’
The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them after years of tension that includes a long-running border dispute. China’s President Xi Jinping and Indian PM Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Tianjin. It is Modi’s first time in China […]
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ECONOMY
August 12, 2025 China’s automakers are taking a shortcut to European markets
BEIJING – Chinese automakers are shipping cars to Europe through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, nearly two years after the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen started attacking vessels in the critical Middle East transit route.
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ECONOMY
June 9, 2025 US and China set to meet for trade talks in London
A new round of talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the US and China is set take place in London on Monday. A senior US delegation including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will meet with Chinese representatives such as Vice Premier He Lifeng to resolve tensions between the world’s two largest economies, which is […]
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CYPRUS
May 10, 2025 Cyprus and China sign MoU in the field of sports
Cyprus and China signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of sports. The MoU was signed at a special ceremony held at the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, by Minister Athena Michaelidou, on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus, and Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Sports, Li Jing, on […]
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WORLD
April 10, 2025 Why Trump is hitting China on trade – and what might happen next
Suddenly, Donald Trump’s trade war is in much sharper focus. Rather than a fight on all fronts against the world, this now looks far more like a fight on familiar Trumpian territory: America v China. The 90-day pause on the higher “retaliatory” tariffs levied on dozens of countries still leaves a universal across-the-board tariff of […]
