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China’s Growing Influence in Latin America

ina’s role in Latin America has grown rapidly since the turn of the century, promising economic opportunity while also raising concerns over Beijing’s influence. China’s state firms are major investors in the region’s energy, infrastructure, and space industries, and the country has surpassed the United States as South America’s largest trading partner. Beijing has also expanded its diplomatic,

China and Russia engage Latin America and the Caribbean differently. Both threaten US interests.

Influence, relating to foreign powers, comes in many forms and is accrued in many ways. It can encompass premeditated operations directed at a nation or region to spread disinformation, undermine democratic practices, and instigate dissension and strife. It can also mean the ability to constrain, channel, or divert what would otherwise be domestic-level decisions into a more favorable direction

Professor Arne Jon Isachsen: For mye av en god ting

Kina sliter med å innfri to sentrale mål. Jevnere levekår for kinesere i Kina. Og etablering av Kina som en dominerende aktør globalt. Det krever ny kunnskap som gir grunnlag for innovasjoner og nye produkter som vi knapt nok kan forestille oss i dag.Den industrielle revolusjonen innebar en overgang fra håndverk og muskelkraft til fabrikkproduksjon og maskinkraft. Oppfinnelser som dampmaskinen og

Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China on Saturday, police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a nation long used to low rates of violent crime. The attack took place around 6:30 p.m at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in the city of Yixing, Jiangsu province, according to a police

Biden’s final meeting with Xi Jinping reaps agreement on AI and nukes

President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping met for just under two hours on the sidelines of the APEC summit Saturday, marking the end to their 15-year diplomatic relationship and ushering in a new era of uncertainty as Donald Trump prepares to return to office.The two leaders agreed to avoid giving artificial intelligence control of nuclear weapons systems, and they made progress toward

Remarks by President Biden and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China Before Bilateral Meeting, Lima, Peru

"It’s a great pleasure to see you again, President Biden. Over the past four years, China-U.S. relations have gone through ups and downs. But under our joint stewardship, the two sides have also been engaged in fruitful dialogue and cooperation, and the relationship has been kept stable on the whole.These developments reconfirmed the experiences and lessons of the past of 45 years of China-U.S.

The White House: Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Lima, Peru today. This meeting is the third between the two Presidents and follows their April 2, 2024, telephone call. The two leaders had a candid, constructive discussion on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including areas of cooperation and areas of difference.President

China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border. Some appear to have crossed the line

High in the mist-shrouded Himalayas, a winding mountain road opens to a clearing in the pine forested valley, revealing rows of uniform Tibetan-style houses, each topped with a Chinese flag. Construction is booming in this remote place. Piles of logs and other building materials line the road. On a nearby hillside, cranes tower over rising housing blocks.“They are building resettlement houses

Trump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru

President Joe Biden meet s for the final time Saturday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, his aides say the moment will be ripe for reflection on a relationship that began more than a decade ago, over a long meal in Chengdu. It was an episode that left deep impressions on the president, at least judging by how often he recounts it. A search of Biden’s speeches over the past four years

Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing on Saturday, police say. “Around 6:30 p.m. on November 16, 2024, a stabbing incident that resulted in casualties occurred at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing city, causing 8 deaths and injuring another 17, The suspect was apprehended on the scene,