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Venezuela's 'black gold' allies: Caracas' links to Cuba, China, Russia and Iran

From 1999 onwards, successive governments pursued a strategy linking foreign policy, state financing and the management of the country's main industry. The result was a network of bilateral alliances that channelled much of Venezuela's crude outside conventional buying and selling circuits.

Euronews

China pressing European countries to bar Taiwan politicians or face crossing a ‘red line’

Exclusive: Chinese officials are using a ‘highly specific’ interpretation of EU rules to suggest Taiwanese figures should not be granted visas, officials say

The Guardian - AU

China Rejects U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Oil, Citing Country's Right to 'Choose Cooperation Partners'

China said on Monday that Latin American countries are sovereign states with the right to choose their own international partners, responding to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting that Beijing and Moscow could buy Venezuelan oil only under U.S. oversight.

Latin Times

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EU and China take new step to resolve row over subsidised electric vehicles

Brussels has published new guidelines that allow Chinese electric vehicle producers to submit offers for minimum prices, which could potentially replace the steep tariffs imposed to counter Beijing's subsidies.

Euronews

USS Abraham Lincoln engages in live-fire exercises in South China Sea

Drills come after China stages war games near Taiwain late last year and President Donald Trump says he would be ‘very unhappy’ if Beijing invaded the island

The Independent UK

Carney heads to Beijing as Trump’s America First agenda forces Canada into trade rethink

Canada’s PM seeks to smooth over past ructions in relationship with China as trade war takes its toll

The Guardian - UK

Japan will host summit with South Korea to bolster ties as Tokyo's relations with Beijing worsen

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday to ensure stable and friendly ties as her country faces growing tension with Beijing

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Can the China-Australia relationship stay on track in 2026? This is how experts in China see it

When Labor was returned to power in 2022, the China-Australia relationship began to stabilise after what had been a rocky few years.

The Conversation

South Africa’s joint drills a show of influence in the Indian Ocean

Launching on Friday, South Africa's joint naval exercise with China, Russia and Iran goes beyond manoeuvres at sea. The drills signal determination to project influence in southern Africa, a region that holds growing strategic importance for Moscow and Beijing.

Radio France Internationale

Trump ‘hopes’ Xi doesn’t attack Taiwan after US raid on Venezuela

President dismisses suggestion his attack on South American adversary could set precedent for Beijing to move against Taiwan

The Independent UK

China expected to approve H200 imports in early 2026, report claims — tech giants Alibaba and ByteDance reportedly ready to order over 200,000 Nvidia chips each if green-lit by Beijing

Beijing is reportedly allowing its tech giants to acquire H200 chips, even as the Chinese government is still deliberating how to go about balancing the AI processing needs of its AI tech giants and the local semiconductor industry.

Tom’s Hardware

China to probe Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus

China's commerce ministry says it plans to investigate Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus

The Independent UK

China threatens to deal ‘head-on blow’ to Taiwan amid fears Trump’s Venezuela raid will embolden Beijing

Beijing insists its claims on Taiwan are nothing like Donald Trump’s move to seize power and oil in Caracas, even as experts note the two superpowers use remarkably similar language

The Independent UK

A familiar refrain as China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, begin 2026 at odds again

They’re at it again

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Cambodia extradites tycoon accused of running global scam centres to China

Chen Zhi was sanctioned by US and UK last year for allegedly running a transnational criminal network built on online fraud and exploitation of trafficked workers

The Guardian - AU

‘Hard to say who’s winning’: China and Australia battle for influence in Solomon Islands policing

Beijing and Canberra have adopted different strategies to support policing in the Pacific nation and observers are split on which is proving more effective

Tom’s Hardware

Beijing tells companies to pause H200 purchases — China govt deliberating terms for letting local tech companies buy US chips while still growing homegrown semiconductors

Beijing doesn't want tech companies stockpiling H200 chips while it's still figuring out how to balance the needs of its AI industry and its push for homegrown semiconductors.

The Independent UK

Exiled dissident says Elon Musk’s X sided with Chinese Communist Party in suspending his account: lawsuit

Exclusive: Chen Pokong, who fled to the United States in 1996, claims that X unilaterally shuttered his account based on disinformation circulated by Beijing

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The Independent UK

China announces another new trade measure against Japan as tensions rise

China has escalated its trade tensions with Japan by launching an investigation into imported dichlorosilane, a chemical gas used in making semiconductors

Euronews

South Korea's Lee says he urged China to help curb Pyongyang's nuclear programme

Lee's visit this week was the first by a South Korean leader to China in six years, with Seoul seeking a reset in relations with its largest trading partner as well as help with the North.

Radio France Internationale

Ireland’s China visit underscores EU divisions over how to handle Beijing

Ireland’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, arrived in Beijing this week for the first visit by an Irish leader to China in more than a decade, placing Ireland at the centre of a rapidly evolving European strategy towards the world’s second-largest economy.

The Independent UK

South Korean president grins in selfies with China’s Xi as part of four-day charm offensive

Xi frames South Korea and China as historic allies against Japanese militarism

Caixin Global

Energy Insider: China’s Railway Investment Hits Record High

Beijing warns against EU carbon border tax, Rail passenger trips miss 2025 target despite record volume

The Guardian - UK

What does the US raid in Venezuela mean for China’s designs on Taiwan?

Perception that Chinese-made weapons could not stop a ‘decapitation strike’ may give Beijing pause for thought

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s attack leaves China worried about its interests in Venezuela

Maduro had just affirmed ‘strong bonds of brotherhood’ with Beijing when US made its shocking intervention

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