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Sep 03 2026 
Extracts : China Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing
These are two extracts of China’s MFA from September 1
Reuters: We reported today that as part of President Trump’s new oil deal with Venezuela, the U.S. oil company, which the U.S. government has a sizable stake in, will take over several oil fields in Venezuela that were previously owned by Chinese companies, including state-owned companies,… Continue reading
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Sep 02 2026 
Victor Gau – China Needs a Rare Earth Export Hub in Xinjiang
Sharp commentary from Victor Gao. Victor Gao frequently appears on Al Jazeera programs like Head to Head and The Bottom Line to debate international relations, US-China competition, and Chinese foreign policy.
The issue of forced labor in Xinjiang has been debunked years ago, by Michelle Bachelet, who now is one of the candidates for UN Secretary-General. … Continue reading
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Sep 01 2026 
Remarks by H.E. Xi Jinping at SCO : Toward Higher-Quality Development of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/zyxw/202609/t20260901_12014036.html
Remarks by H.E. Xi Jinping
President of the People’s Republic of China
At the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State
Of the Shanghai Cooperation OrganizationBishkek, September 1, 2026
Your Excellency President Sadyr Zhaparov,
Colleagues,It is a great pleasure to join you in Bishkek. I would like to thank President Zhaparov for the thoughtful arrangements for our meeting.… Continue reading
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Aug 31 2026 
Take That! Collective West: Yuan shouldn’t be scapegoat of West’s waning competitiveness
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1369399.shtml
The idea of creating a new Plaza Accord is being floated by some in the West as a tool to bring down the trade deficit attributed to an allegedly undervalued yuan.
The latest example came from Greg Ip, chief economics commentator for The Wall Street Journal, who claimed in a recent essay headlined “Why the world… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2026 
News on China – 29 August 2026
China and Jordan Unite for Palestine; Xi Proposes Four Principles for a Political Solution Amid Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
During Jordanian King Abdullah II’s state visit to China from August 18 to 24, Beijing and Amman reaffirmed support for an independent Palestinian state. President Xi Jinping proposed four principles to advance a political solution: pursuing a… Continue reading -
Aug 22 2026 
News on China – 22 August 2026
China and South Korea Revive Dialogue Amid Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 19–20 August visit to South Korea, the first by a Chinese foreign minister in five years, renewed efforts to strengthen bilateral ties amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing and Seoul agreed to accelerate negotiations on the second phase… Continue reading -
Aug 21 2026 
China brings Bilibili to the global market
The Chinese video platform Bilibili is launching its international expansion. The service’s international Android version was effectively relaunched on August 17 to 18, and the app received support for multiple languages and became more accessible to users outside China. Among other things, a full Russian localization (https://m.ithome.com/html/991650.htm) also appeared.
Bilibili is one of China’s largest video… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Gaining a correct understanding of China begins with comprehending ‘Chinese characteristics’
Illustration: Tang Tengfei/Global Times
Global Times – OpinionOn August 13, Taiwan’s China Times published a commentary titled “Does The Economist’s Definition of Democracy Mean the West Calls the Shots?” The article pointed out that The Economist’s coverage of Taiwan region’s political landscape reveals a familiar brand of Western arrogance: establishing standards based on the strategic interests… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Xi Jinping’s trip to the US in September limited
If this is true and I have not seen this from the Chinese readouts, it tells a very big story. No cosy visits at Mar-A-Lago and only a visit to a White House that is a construction site. Remember during Trump’s 1st administration he welcomed Xi Jinping and his wife at Mar-A-Lago and ‘over beautiful… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Thoughts on Xi’s Jiang Zemin Centenary Speech — and Why the West Is Melting Down
An X commentator – StarBoySAR – whose writings about China are incisive.
President Xi Jinping delivered a major speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of former President Jiang Zemin.
The address was broadcast on state television and attended by the full Politburo Standing Committee —… Continue reading
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Aug 13 2026 
Exclusive: Scholars trace Imperial Japanese Army’s germ-warfare outrage across Asia, calling for preventing atrocities from recurring
A documentary revisiting the Imperial Japanese Army’s lethal human experiments and biological warfare program has attracted more than 1 million views online, bringing renewed global attention to one of World War II’s darkest chapters and a history still little known outside Asia.
Global Times
By Xing Xiaojing and Feng Fan
Produced by Singapore-based Channel NewsAsia (CNA), Inside Unit… Continue reading
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Aug 10 2026 
This Month in China
Pascal Coppens
JULY 2026CHINA’S NEW “NEW THREE”
Since 2023, China’s “new three” referred to three renewable industries where China achieved global dominance and made China an electrostate: solar panels, lithium batteries, and electric vehicles. After the financial crisis of 2008, China’s policy plans moved from theory to concrete industrial engineering, committing massive capital to clean tech. It took… Continue reading -
Aug 06 2026 
Top US commander’s accusation against China over SCS exposes its hegemonic double standard: Chinese experts
File Photo: The US Pacific Command chief, Admiral Samuel Paparo, delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Super Garuda Shield 2025 joint military exercise at the Navy Staff and Command School in Jakarta, Indonesia, 25 August 2025. Photo: VCG
Global TimesThe US Pacific Command chief’s latest accusations against China over the South China Sea… Continue reading
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Aug 06 2026 
A war story
Carlos
In 1947, a People’s Liberation Army unit pushed into the Dabie Mountains during the counteroffensive against the Kuomintang. The men arrived exhausted and desperately short of supplies, in thin clothing and straw sandals. Kuomintang forces had already been through those villages. They had plundered them, and forcibly conscripted the son of a local farmer, Ding… Continue reading
