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Foreign Policy
Will China leapfrog itself in the next five-year plan?
Editor’s note: Hussein Askary, a special commentator for CGTN, is the Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, and a Distinguished Research Fellow in the Guangdong Institute for International Strategies. The article reflects the author’s opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN. China’s Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report (GWR) on […]
Foreign Policy
Two Sessions 2026: 14th National People’s Congress holds press conference
The 14th National People’s Congress has held a news conference, briefing the public on key concerns and policy signals that may ripple across the globe. Our reporter Feng Yilei has the latest. 14th National People’s Congress is ready for its fourth session starting Thursday. Deliberation on China’s social and economic plan for the next half-decade […]
Foreign Policy
Protect Taiwan Act Escalates Tensions, Interference in China’s Internal Affairs
On February 9th, the House of Representatives in Washington passed bill H.R. 1531 a law which if it comes into force will by far be the most extreme action that the United States government has undertaken in as regards to China-Taiwan affairs in a long while. Also known as the Protect Taiwan Act (PTA), the […]
China-Uganda
China’s FDI Pivot is Uganda’s Road to Real Growth
By Shemei Ndawula The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative has defined Africa’s relationship with China for over a decade. Within this time the average Ugandan’s interaction with China was largely limited to the importation of “cheap” Chinese goods and the Entebbe Expressway. The latter has always been an infamous scapegoat in conversations of the fictitious […]
Trade and investments
China’s Trade Surplus: A Signal of Economic Resilience and Engineering Stable Global Systems
Last year, China registered a $ 1.2 trillion trade surplus the largest in the history of any economy; a scenario that would have made president Trump right in using the favorite phrase “Like nothing anyone has seen before.” Surprisingly, the record surplus came at a time of unprecedented uncertainty and policy hostility that appeared destined to […]
Foreign Policy
On Keir Starmer’s Visit to China
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi It had been almost eight years since a British Prime Minister had last set foot in Beijing. Keir Starmer’s January 28 visit to China is therefore a pivotal moment that signals a recalibration of UK-China relations, in particular, and British foreign policy generally, especially given the current paradigm shifts Western nations are […]