China’s New Air Facility in Laos: What Does It Mean? @hmarston4 joins Eric Olander to assess Beijing’s expanding military access, regional ambitions, and the evolving balance of power. Watch - tinyurl.com/tw6586sb

China’s nickel giants are weighing production cuts in Indonesia as falling prices and rising costs squeeze profits. buff.ly/G9twER5

China plans to require licenses for exporting core technology behind its most advanced AI models. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10…

Zimbabwe is forcing Chinese lithium miners to process minerals at home instead of shipping raw ore abroad, testing whether Africa can turn its critical minerals into industrial power. buff.ly/eLtUYCM

Chinese mining for cobalt and copper continues ravaging the DRC's Kolwezi faster than anyone can move out of the way, with the mining turning neighborhoods into open pits while families wait on compensation that may never come. buff.ly/4bjslYz

Australia and East Timor signed a defense deal on Thursday to boost cyber and maritime security as Canberra seeks to curb China's influence among its island neighbors. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10…

China’s Chery will be rolling the Omoda C4 from its South African plant next year, the first Chinese model built at Rosslyn, where local assembly is the new battleground for African market share. buff.ly/yeuC5lq

A $400 million US-backed undersea cable linking four Southeast Asian countries excludes Chinese suppliers and avoids Beijing’s South China Sea claims. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10…

The mineral wealth in Africa means little if the continent keeps exporting raw materials while others capture the profit even though China’s mining footprint is forcing a hard choice between raw exports and building local industries to capture the wealth at home. buff.ly/pwI0Ara

#ChinaMerchantsPorts pulling out of the $392 million Colombo Port logistics project after years of delays and disputes over the deal exposes how political and regulatory battles can derail Beijing’s infrastructure ambitions in the Global South. buff.ly/1zikrnT

As Washington turns trade into a political weapon, South African cherry growers are looking to China for a multibillion-dollar market, showing how U.S. pressure is pushing African exporters to rethink their next big opportunity. buff.ly/ezFKKSq

China's ties with Saudi Arabia and Iran collide with the Houthi threat to global shipping, exposing the limits of Beijing’s diplomacy when regional rivals turn conflict into economic warfare. buff.ly/yjQMk4B

China’s coffee market is forecast to nearly double to $72.8 billion by 2030, driven by coffee shop sales and intensifying competition as tea chains enter the sector, according to Dutch bank Rabobank. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10…

China has spared Brazil’s poultry industry a nationwide ban after a Newcastle disease outbreak, restricting imports to Santa Catarina. buff.ly/ItePBkA

The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10…

China’s AI push into financial inclusion is opening new doors across the Global South, but whether Chinese technology gives the unbanked control over their financial futures or locks them into systems they do not own remains to be seen. buff.ly/7ZE92ot

Vietnam is pushing to develop Hon Khoai Island, exposing the security fault line running through Southeast Asia, where infrastructure, maritime access, and Cambodia’s deepening ties with China collide with Hanoi’s efforts. buff.ly/LYjYhqJ

China’s solar giants are bleeding jobs having shed 40,589 positions in 2025, a shift that exposes the cost of Beijing’s manufacturing-at-all-costs model where state-backed expansion fuels overcapacity, price wars and mounting losses. buff.ly/Ga8zO14

Chinese mining is literally eating the DR Congo's Kolwezi house by house, turning neighborhoods into open pits while families wait on compensation that may never come as the rush for cobalt and copper continues ravaging the city faster than anyone can move out of the way. buff.ly/4bjslYz

If Africa keeps exporting raw materials while others capture the profits, then the mineral wealth means little, even though China’s mining footprint is forcing a hard choice between digging for the world and building industries that create wealth at home. buff.ly/pwI0Ara

CATL's 5-minute battery swapping could change the economics of electric logistics across the Global South, but countries that rely on assembling Chinese EVs without building their own industries risk becoming permanent markets for China’s technology. buff.ly/ReUXS9u