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China is demanding the release of telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, who has been detained in Canada. Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company's founder, could face extradition to the US. She was arrested in Vancouver on…

Countries take different pathways to develop. While some use domestic resources to others use foreign capital in form of foreign direct investment (FDI) or credit facility. However, even with abundant local resources, sometimes the lack of…

What does a small spat in the Security Council over the Central African Republic, or CAR, tell us about the state of major power relations? Last week, the council was unable to agree on the terms of a six-month extension to the…

China is still much poorer over all than the United States. But the Chinese have taken a commanding lead in that most intangible but valuable of economic indicators: optimism. In a country still haunted by the Cultural Revolution, where…

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned that Southeast Asian nations might be forced to choose between the U.S. and China, as concerns deepen about a Cold War-style conflict between the world’s two biggest economies. “The…

President Yoweri Museveni has re-assured investors that there will be permanent security assigned to Industrial Park areas and factories. The president was meeting the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Mr. Zheng Zhu Qiang, who called on him…

US President Donald Trump has predicted a “great” trade deal with China but warned he will impose billions of dollars worth of new tariffs if an agreement is not reached. The US President said he would like to strike a deal now but that…

The annual training drills are designed to assess all US Stategic Command mission areas with a specific focus on the West’s nuclear readiness to “curb, locate and, if necessary, avert strategic attacks on the US and its allies”. Forces…