Angola's state oil company Sonangol is talking to Chinese financial institutions to secure a $4.8 billion loan to partly finance the construction of a new refinery in the Atlantic sea port of Lobito,

Two new studies document the crackdown and raise questions about the ability of the People's Liberation Army to carry out large-scale operations such as a potential assault on Taiwan.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his own highest-ranked general in a stunning move last month. But the scope of Xi’s shake-up cuts across a much wider swath of his armed forces – with more than 100 officials potentially ousted since 2022.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip will test his ability to address tensions between the countries, at a time of strain between Europe and Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing from March 31 to April 2, after a year of heightened trade tensions between the two countries.