Warship deal signals deepening Japan-Australia defense ties as China’s naval reach grows and US commitment wanes.
Warship deal signals deepening Japan-Australia defense ties as China’s naval reach grows and US commitment wanes.
Asia News Network Chhorn Norn, The Phnom Penh Post, April 24, 2026
The new agreement was one of the outcomes of the inaugural 2+2 Strategic Dialogue between the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries, held in Phnom Penh on April 22.
Global Times Published: Apr 24, 2026
On Friday, China announced the launch of a new round of cooperative research on giant panda conservation with Zoo Atlanta in the US, with Ping Ping and Fu Shuang from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China set to travel to the US.
Eeas.europa 23.04.2026 Beijing Press and information team of the Delegation to CHINA
The EU Delegation to China will host the second EU-China Conference on 12 May 2026 in Beijing, building on the success of the inaugural 2025 edition, attended by over 500 guests and featured which marked the 50th anniversary of EU-China relations.
ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ ANA-XINHUA /Πέμπτη 23 Απριλίου 2026
Το 2025, παρουσιάστηκαν στην Κίνα περίπου 640.400 ζωντανές εμπορικές παραστάσεις (χωρίς να έχουν συνυπολογιστεί όσες παραστάσεις έγιναν σε χώρους ψυχαγωγίας και διασκέδασης), προσελκύοντας 194 εκατομμύρια θεατές, σύμφωνα με τα στατιστικά στοιχεία της Κινεζικής Ένωσης για τις Τέχνες του Θεάματος (CAPA).
Institute of International Relations -IDIS Thursday April 23, 2026
IDIS China Program is pleased to invite you to a lecture titled: Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China, by Ning Leng, Assistant Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.Friday April 24, 2026 18:00 IDIS Conference Room, 3-5 Hill Street, Athens.
The Jakarta Post Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um (Reuters) Bangkok Wed, April 22, 2026
The 11-member ASEAN bloc has yet to formally recognize the new Myanmar government. ASEAN leaders will hold a summit next month in the Philippines.
Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος, 22.04.2026,
Ο Steve Bannon αναλύει τον ανταγωνισμό ΗΠΑ–Κίνας για τον έλεγχο των λιμανιών και τον ρόλο της Ελλάδας στις παγκόσμιες θαλάσσιες διαδρομές.
Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος 22.04.2026
Διυλιστήρια από την Ταϊβάν και την Ινδονησία αγοράζουν αφρικανικό πετρέλαιο από την Κίνα.
Asian buyers are scrambling for oil supplies, relying on sanctioned Russian and Iranian crude, but these buffers are running out.
The Times of Central Asia, 22 April 2026, by Sadokat Jalolova
Euronews By Saida Rustamova Published on
Early signs of economic contact emerge between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as export data points to a modest resumption of trade. Official statistics confirm that economic contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun — modest in scale, but among the first publicly documented signs of cross-border trade in years.
Takaichi increasingly focused on constitutional reform and remilitarization, neither of which will fix Japan’s many economic ills.