Cambodia began construction of a controversial canal on Monday. The 180-kilometer-long Funan-Techo Canal will connect the capital, Phnom Penh, with the province of Kep on the southern coast of Cambodia and provide access to the Gulf of Thailand. The project will cost 1.7 billion US dollars. Cambodia hopes that the 100-meter-wide and 5.4-meter-deep canal will […]
Germany wants to play a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific – and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius backed up this ambition with action during his visit to the Indo-Pacific. The most important agreements areAlways with an eye on ChinaOn Sunday in Manila, Pistorius stressed that Germany’s involvement in the region was not directed against any […]
Pan Zhanle (潘展乐) is the world’s fastest swimmer. The Chinese athlete covered the 100-meter freestyle in an incredible 46.40 seconds. That’s gold – and the first world record at the Olympic Games in Paris. At the competition in Paris’ La Défense Arena, the 19-year-old Chinese swimmer beat his own record by a whole four-tenths of […]
Germany’s Minister of Defense, Boris Pistorius, is in the Indo-Pacific. He landed in Hawaii on Tuesday and will then continue on to South Korea and the Philippines. The aim of the trip is for Germany to demonstrate its presence in the strategically important region-also militarily.And so Pistorius’ first stop may fit perfectly with the image […]
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking economic proximity to China in Beijing. Following a meeting on Monday with President Xi Jinping, Meloni said that the two sides wanted to strengthen the work already done but also “explore new ways of working with China” while balancing out commercial relations. The Chinese President replied that China […]
The popularity of foreign smartphones is waning among Chinese consumers. According to a survey by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) published on Monday, sales rose by just under eleven percent to 2.87 million devices in June. In each of the previous two months, the increase had been more than 40 percent. […]
The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the USA agreed on Monday in Tokyo to expand their cooperation within the framework of the so-called Quad. Specifically, it is about cyber and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific. The two sides intend to work even more closely together. Quad stands for Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in the […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Asia this week. It will be Blinken’s longest Asia trip and the program is tight: six countries in ten days. Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia.Not only is the itinerary ambitious, but it also reflects the Democrats’ […]
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has traveled to China to determine if China could play a constructive role in achieving a just peace. On Wednesday, he met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. They engaged in over three hours of talks on the first day of a four-day […]
On Tuesday, various Palestinian groups agreed to form a “national interim government of reconciliation” in Beijing. In total, 14 groups – including the bitterly opposed Hamas and Fatah – met in Beijing to find a solution under China’s leadership.China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke of a “historic moment for the cause of Palestine’s liberation.” And […]
