Analitics

Despite the fairly strong diplomatic and economic ties between Brazil and China, a combination of factors may have influenced Xi Jinping's decision not to visit Brazil...

The British Foreign Secretary began his tour of Central Asia with Kazakhstan. According to the tour plans, Minister Cameron will visit all 5 Central Asian countries: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and separately Mongolia...

China considers the South China Sea its ‘internal’ sea and therefore claims many islands in the region. These islands are mostly Philippine. This is a simple explanation for the recent aggressive actions of Chinese ships and military exercises near these islands...

In just one year, a number of Chinese political and military high-ranking officials have disappeared and later died due to illnesses or suicides. We deliberately do not take into account the disappearance of Chinese billionaires, reporters, and others, as there wouldn’t be enough space to list them all...

In the early 2000s, the pace of China’s economic growth, along with its geographic and demographic indicators, already provided grounds to predict that "China’s claims to redistribute global resources and spheres of influence" could move beyond "purely theoretical discussions"...