Day: December 11, 2025

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s designation of Washington-Beijing ties as “G2” carries a “deeply problematic” meaning that sidelines United States’ allies and partners in the region, a US lawmaker has stated in a letter. “This term carries deeply problematic connotations of depicting the United States and PRC [the People’s Republic of China] as coequal and primarily cooperative powers responsible for deciding global issues while sidelining US democratic allies and partners,” the letter said. Advertisement “In reality, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views the United States as its primary strategic adversary…

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. Chinese biotech companies are expected to make major international advances over the next decade, industry leaders said, but cautioned that weak patent portfolios and protectionist measures in foreign countries may hinder this progress. As the sector’s manufacturing base and supply chain…