A woman carries the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the opening ceremony of World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, April 12, 2025. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu ...

The question is no longer whether Beijing is meddling in African affairs, but how much longer it can pretend that it isn’t. In February 2026, the Chinese Embassy in Niamey sent out a warning to its ...

China’s defense of “sovereignty” in South Sudan at the United Nations Security Council is presented as a principled stand ...