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Why Trump wants the Panama Canal and Greenland

The president-elect wants the sovereign territory of friendly nations because China has designs on them

Abdulfattah Khattab 12 January 2025
A long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft and crew of three astronauts lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi desert, northwest China, on October 30, 2024. ADEK BERRY / AFP

Why China is building a Starlink system of its own

When it is finished, Qianfan could number 14,000 satellites

The Economist 13 December 2024
President Donald Trump on October 11, 2019 hailed a breakthrough in his drawn-out trade war with China, saying the two sides reached an initial deal covering intellectual property, financial services and currencies. Nicholas Kamm / AFP

What an even more hawkish China policy could look like

A new report lays out recommendations on artificial intelligence, trade, and investment as Trump prepares to take office

Rishi Iyengar 23 November 2024
US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Thomas Peter/Getty

Where does China stand with the next White House?

A few questions remain about US President-elect Donald Trump's China policy

James Palmer 14 November 2024
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US trade deficit with China at its lowest since 2010

Trump's upcoming presidency comes with great uncertainty for global markets, considering his economic policies, which are widely viewed as extreme. He is expected to ramp up America's trade war with…

Al Majalla - London 12 November 2024
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Will China’s ‘New Security Architecture’ deliver for the Middle East?

Beijing's arm-round-the-shoulder approach to the region's problems contrasts to Washington's traditional gun-in-the-back stance. Middle East leaders seem to like it. Will they reap the rewards?

Shirley Ze Yu 16 October 2024
African leaders applaud Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) after his speech at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on September 5, 2024. Greg Baker / AFP

FOCAC at 25: How a China-Africa forum is moving beyond trade

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation brought together over 50 heads of state, including Xi Jinping. Its success shows that there is an alternative to the West's development values

Shirley Ze Yu 22 September 2024
People look at a charred vehicle near a collapsed railway bridge the morning after a blast by separatist militants at Kolpur in Bolan district, Balochistan province on August 27,2024 AFP

Inside Balochistan’s deadly bus attack

Al Majalla speaks to some of the victims of a wave of separatist violence that singled out men from Punjab and has become a major problem for Pakistan's government and a worry for Chinarn

Kaswar Klasra 29 August 2024
BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship are seen stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024 AFP

China seeking EV opportunities in Middle East and North Africa

The MENA region looks increasingly appealing to China as a tariff-free trade route into the European Union

Sharif Mohammad 05 August 2024
An employee works on a production line at a car wheel rim factory in Qingzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province on June 17, 2024. AFP

Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector

He balances that with being unshakeably committed to state-owned enterprises, too

The Economist 30 July 2024
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Unpacking Netanyahu’s rush to Washington

11 February 2026

His meeting with Trump on 11 February, moved up a full week from its original date and just after talks began between Iran and the US, isn't a routine consultation between allies—it's an intervention

Michael Horowitz
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Why Saudi Arabia is against escalation with Iran

05 February 2026

Its position reflects a political outlook grounded in strategic foresight and a steadfast commitment to national interest

Saud Al-Masaud
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Politics

Back to Qandil: PKK fighters finally leaving Syria

12 February 2026

More than 40 years after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan began building networks of trained operatives in Syria's north-east to infiltrate Türkiye, they have been sent packing

Ibrahim Hamidi
Scarlett Yang
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The benefits and flaws of child social media bans

10 February 2026

Whether to legislate against Under-16s accessing a big part of contemporary society is a complex question involving law, technology, privacy, rights, and the nature of a child's development

Hala Al-Naji
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Bigger than Maduro: Trump’s real designs on Latin America

09 February 2026

Christophe Ventura, a French expert on Latin America, speaks to Al Majalla about Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and China's role in a continent that the US president considers his backyard.

Elie Kossaifi

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