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  • China Finds New Ways to Expand Its Clean Tech Abroad

    October 28, 2026 · 35 min

    Chinese companies are accelerating overseas investment in clean technology manufacturing as domestic overcapacity, weak demand and rising trade barriers push them to seek new markets. A global manufacturing investment database shows that…

  • The U.S. Wants Global South Countries to Reject Chinese AI. Will They?

    October 27, 2026 · 35 min

    China's AI competition with the United States is increasingly about more than building the most powerful models. For countries across the Global South, affordability, practical performance, customization, and control over data are often…

  • Why China's New Military Facility in Laos Matters

    October 21, 2026 · 29 min

    China's new joint air training facility in Laos highlights Beijing's incremental expansion of its military access across Southeast Asia. The 2,000-meter runway could extend the operational reach of Chinese aircraft, although its current…

  • How China's Biggest Bank Advances Beijing's Global Ambitions

    October 20, 2026 · 37 min

    The world's largest bank by assets is also a powerful instrument of Chinese statecraft. An investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, based on 4.8 million confidential records, reveals how Industrial and…

  • India-China Relations Are Improving. Here's What Remains Unresolved

    October 13, 2026 · 35 min

    India and China are cautiously rebuilding ties after years of confrontation, but normalization remains fragile. Recent high-level meetings have restored diplomatic momentum, yet unresolved territorial claims, persistent military…

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  • Is America Getting Tired of Fighting China?

    October 6, 2026 · 49 min

    U.S. public attitudes toward China are becoming less hawkish, widening the gap between Washington's national security establishment and a public increasingly favoring cooperation. A Chicago Council survey found 57% of Americans support…

  • After Maduro: The Current State of China-Venezuela Relations

    September 22, 2026 · 27 min

    China's relationship with Venezuela has shifted from a cornerstone of its South American strategy to a visibly diminished partnership. After more than two decades of oil-backed lending, infrastructure investment, and strategic cooperation…

  • How Southeast Asia Sees the Future of Global Cooperation

    September 17, 2026 · 43 min

    Southeast Asia is seeking a greater role in shaping global cooperation, as countries across the region push for institutions that deliver tangible results while preserving ASEAN's centrality and strategic autonomy. A new report, Voices…

  • China, BRICS and the New Global Order

    September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    China is using a renewed diplomatic push to expand its room for maneuver as global power shifts. Xi Jinping's visits to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Central Asia, and Egypt reflect an effort to strengthen alternative governance…

  • How One Woman Defined Africa for Millions of Chinese Readers

    September 15, 2026 · 40 min

    For generations of Chinese readers, Taiwanese writer Sanmao offered a rare window into Africa through her bestselling stories of life in the Western Sahara. But her accounts also carried colonial-era stereotypes, romanticized her role in…

  • Want to Do Business With the Chinese? Here's What You Need to Know

    September 10, 2026 · 18 min

    China's growing commercial footprint across the Global South is creating new opportunities, but major knowledge gaps remain over how Chinese businesses build trust, negotiate, and form partnerships. Guanxi, institutional norms, and…

  • Can Latin America Resist U.S. Pressure to Distance Itself From China?

    September 7, 2026 · 35 min

    Latin America is facing intensifying pressure from Washington to distance itself from China even as Beijing remains the region's leading trading partner. Governments are increasingly caught between U.S. strategic demands and the economic…

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About the show

A weekly discussion on Chinese engagement in the developing world from the news team of The China-Global South Project (CGSP). Join hosts Eric Olander in Vietnam and Cobus van Staden in South Africa for insightful interviews with scholars, analysts, and journalists from around the world. You'll also get regular updates from CGSP's editors in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.