19 h. ago What Trump’s visa pause means for Southeast Asia and US regional priorities

The inclusion of four Southeast Asian nations in the United States’ 75-country visa suspension has thrown up questions over Washington’s foreign policy approach, including its interest in the region. Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand are among countries affected by the indefinite suspension, set to take effect on January 21, as the Donald Trump administration continues to roll out punitive measures to drastically restrict immigration. The list, released by the US Department of State on...

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23 h. ago China curbs US AI chips, shuns foreign capital in pursuit of tech self

China curbs US AI chips, shuns foreign capital in pursuit of tech self-reliance  South China Morning Post

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35 h. ago China's President Xi, Canada’s Prime Minister Carney Talk Trade, Form ‘Strategic Partnership’ at Beijing Summit

China's President Xi, Canada’s Prime Minister Carney Talk Trade, Form ‘Strategic Partnership’ at Beijing Summit  The New York Sun

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39 h. ago Ambassador Xie Feng: No matter how the external environment changes, China’s strategic choice to pursue high

Ambassador Xie Feng: No matter how the external environment changes, China’s strategic choice to pursue high-quality development and high-standard opening up will not change_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America  中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆

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4 d. ago Profound Changes Unseen in a Century: Global media examines China's foreign policy path

Profound Changes Unseen in a Century: Global media examines China's foreign policy path  news.cgtn.com

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4 d. ago Malaysians joke they have ‘no oil, only palm oil’ after US Embassy shares space photo

The US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur’s attempt to show off an awe-inspiring throwback image from space instead triggered a distinctly Malaysian burst of self-deprecating humour, casting the country as strategically uninteresting amid Washington’s recent foreign policy moves. On Friday, the embassy posted a 2016 photograph taken from the International Space Station showing lightning flashing in clouds high over Malaysia. The caption says the Southeast Asian nation had “never looked more electric”,...

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5 d. ago China says US shouldn’t use other countries as ‘pretext’ to pursue its interests in Greenland

China says US shouldn’t use other countries as ‘pretext’ to pursue its interests in Greenland  AP News

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6 d. ago Could China execute a special forces operation like the US precision Maduro abduction?

The extreme precision of the US in its Venezuelan operation shows why nations must be able to execute a complex special surgical strike, according to analysts who said China had long pursued the capability but had yet to master it. In a complex joint endeavour integrating its air force, navy, intelligence agencies and space and cyber units, the US military’s elite Delta Force special mission unit completed its precision raid in Caracas – from infiltration to exfiltration – in less than three...

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7 d. ago Trump declares US national emergency to protect Venezuela oil money

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order protecting US-held money derived from sales of Venezuelan oil, after the ousting of Nicolas Maduro, the White House said. In an order signed on Friday, Trump – who has made clear that tapping Venezuela’s vast oil reserves was a key goal in the US ousting of Maduro – is acting “to advance US foreign policy objectives”, the White House said in a fact sheet accompanying the order. The action follows a meeting Friday in Washington where Trump...

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8 d. ago US Supreme Court to hear suit claiming Cisco helped China pursue Falun Gong

US Supreme Court to hear suit claiming Cisco helped China pursue Falun Gong  Reuters

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9 d. ago Macron slams US for ‘breaking free’ from global rules after Maduro raid, Greenland threat

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the United States was “breaking free from international rules”, and “gradually turning away” from some of its allies. Macron delivered his annual speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace as European powers are scrambling to come up with a coordinated response to US assertive foreign policy in the western hemisphere following Washington’s capture of Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland. “The...

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9 d. ago Nvidia’s China Chip Sales: Great Business, Even Better Foreign Policy

Nvidia’s China Chip Sales: Great Business, Even Better Foreign Policy  Forbes

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9 d. ago US allies Saudi Arabia, UAE risk a split in Middle East over competing visions

Washington’s allies in the Middle East and beyond are facing the prospects of joining rival blocs in alignment with the different visions of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following a rare clash between the two countries over war-torn Yemen. The Saudi bombing of an arms shipment reportedly provided by the UAE to separatists in southern Yemen last week has exposed the two Arab heavyweights’ divergent foreign policy approaches in the strategically important Red Sea and Horn of Africa,...

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1 week ago US says it will take control of Venezuela oil sales indefinitely

Expanding on the US administration’s increasingly robust view of foreign energy and security policy, a senior US official said on Wednesday that Washington expects to take control of future Venezuelan oil sales until further notice and use the proceeds to rebuild the nation’s beleaguered economy. The comments add to the conflicted messaging from US President Donald Trump’s administration on how it plans to run Venezuela following Saturday’s military strike that saw Nicolas Maduro and his wife...

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1 week ago US says it will take control of Venezuela oil sales indefinitely after seizing tankers

Expanding on the US administration’s increasingly robust view of foreign energy and security policy, a senior US official said on Wednesday that Washington expects to take control of future Venezuelan oil sales until further notice and use the proceeds to rebuild the nation’s beleaguered economy. The comments add to the conflicted messaging from US President Donald Trump’s administration on how it plans to run Venezuela following Saturday’s military strike that saw Nicolas Maduro and his wife...

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1 week ago US seizes oil tankers as it moves to take control of Venezuela’s oil sales indefinitely

The US captured two oil tankers on the high seas as a senior US official said on Wednesday that Washington expects to take control of future Venezuelan oil sales indefinitely and use the proceeds to help America and rebuild the nation’s beleaguered economy. The seizure of the vessels, including one after a two-week chase, comes as US President Donald Trump’s administration takes an increasingly aggressive approach to foreign energy and security policy. Since Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia...

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1 week ago Ukraine’s allies agree to ‘robust’ security guarantees in push to end war

Ukraine’s Western allies on Tuesday agreed to key security guarantees for Kyiv including a US-led monitoring mechanism and a European multinational force that would be deployed after a ceasefire in Russia’s war against its neighbour. Following the largest yet meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing in Paris, both European leaders and US envoys hailed progress that hid tensions in recent days over assertive US foreign policy in the western hemisphere under US President Donald Trump. But...

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1 week ago Geopolitics: China’s foreign policy priorities in the new year

Geopolitics: China’s foreign policy priorities in the new year  Table.Briefings

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1 week ago China pursues foreign policy of forming partnerships not alliances, FM refutes question of whether China provides security guarantees for ‘global allies’

China pursues foreign policy of forming partnerships not alliances, FM refutes question of whether China provides security guarantees for ‘global allies’  Global Times

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1 week ago How Hong Kong can work with Hainan to ease entry to China’s market

Previously, I put forward the argument that Hong Kong’s relevance in China’s opening up lies less in guarding its gateway role and more in developing new forms of partnership. Since then, Hainan has set up distinct island-wide customs operations from December 18. This is a turning point – one that invites Hong Kong to think not only about how to cooperate, but how to co-design the next phase of China’s engagement with the world. Hainan’s transformation is ambitious. Around 6,600 types of goods...

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