By Mehmet Enes Beşer With news of China’s alleged transfer of defense technology and weapons to Yemen, Beijing’s Middle East policy came under renewed questioning. While the specific scale and form of such aid remains unclear, the political ramifications of the news are certain. To others, these moves all add up to a real change in China’s role — reluctant ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The People’s Republic of China has undergone rapid economic development since initiating its reform and opening-up policies in 1978, during which the logistics sector has experienced significant transformation. Comprehensive investments in road, rail, air, and maritime transportation since the 1990s have established a modern logistics infrastructure. This infrastructure serves as a critical foundation for accelerating global ...
By Özgür Altınbaş Two important Eurasian powers clashed. India struck some points it claimed as terrorist formations as part of Operation Sindoor. Pakistan then responded with retaliation. Pakistan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that 5 Indian fighter jets and 1 drone were shot down. At least 35 people were confirmed dead from both sides. The number of wounded exceeded ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The Digital Silk Road (DSR), one of the pillars that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) stands upon, has traditionally been perceived through the lens of geopolitical rivalry, surveillance concerns, and technological superiority. Western policymakers tend to present it as a carrier of digital autocracy or a tool of influence projection. But such assessments, however accurate, ...
By Özgür Altinbaş Chinese retired naval colonel and academic Tian (Andy) Shichen spoke about the recent geopolitical developments. Tian, who is also the founding president of the Beijing-based Global Management Institute, made evaluations on the risks in the South China Sea and the consequences of tariffs on the global level. Touching on the relations between Türkiye and China, Tian said ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As China and Vietnam celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties, their bilateral relationship is quietly but fundamentally transforming. What was previously dominated by ideological closeness and geographical neighborhood is evolving into a pragmatic and vision-driven relationship founded on mutual strategic interests. In the context of a shattered post-COVID international order, rising geopolitical rivalries, and waning ...
By Adnan Akfırat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business Development and Friendship Association We have good news for Türkiye’s industrialists, business people, and exporters! On the morning of February 21, 2025, at the opening ceremony of the China-Türkiye Trade Development Company, we brought together state officials and companies from both Türkiye and China under the leadership of Deputy Minister of Trade, ...
By Adnan Akfırat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business Development and Friendship Association I am presenting for the information of our readers the speech I made as Vice President of the China-Türkiye Trade Development Company and President of the Turkish-Chinese Business Association at the opening ceremony of the China-Türkiye Trade Development Company, on February 21st, which we established with our Chinese ...
By Yunus Soner Productive and promising negotiations are underway for Brazil, the South American giant, to join the Chinese Belt and Road Project, told us Monica Valente in Mexico City. For Brazil, this is not just a commercial integration but a step within a new leap of national industrialization, she said. Valente is member of the Workers’ Party’s National Directorate. ...
By Mohammed Sabreen China resolves the long-standing debate about its “desire and ability” to get involved in the sands of the Middle East, and there is no longer any doubt that the “silent partner” now dares to speak out and is working hard to become an insurmountable number in the Middle East. I believe that the Gaza war, Netanyahu’s madness, ...