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• March 27, 2026

  Iran War Will Reshape Dynamics Ahead Of Trump-Xi Summit, Says Former US Official

  US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will now meet in Beijing in mid-May for a rescheduled summit. Dennis Wilder, a former China adviser to former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, explains how the war in Iran is affecting ties between Beijing and Washington.

• March 26, 2026

  China-Kyrgyzstan Trade Gap Widens As Conflicting Data Raises Transparency Concerns

  A persistent and widening gap between trade data from Kyrgyzstan and China is raising concerns, exposing weaknesses in customs tracking, transit trade oversight, and potential corruption risks across a key Central Asian trade corridor.

• March 24, 2026

  Will Iran War Give Green Light To Russia's Power Of Siberia-2 Pipeline?

  Tehran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz and chokes off the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East. Faced with new pressure on its gas supplies, talks between China and Russia over the expensive gas pipeline are poised to pick up again.

• March 23, 2026

  China Urges De-Escalation As Hormuz Crisis Deepens

  China has warned over an "uncontrollable situation" amid the escalating Strait of Hormuz crisis and urged all sides to halt military operations as the war involving Iran enters a critical phase and threatens global energy supplies.

• March 19, 2026

  Zineb Riboua: What The War With Iran Means For China And Russia

  Zineb Riboua, research fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East and expert on Chinese and Russian involvement in the region, discusses how China and Russia are responding to the US-Israeli war with Iran and what they stand to gain or lose from the conflict.

• March 07, 2026

  What Does War In Iran Mean For China?

  China buys nearly 90 percent of Iranian oil and is a close partner of Tehran. But what happens now as war upends the Middle East and chokes off the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route?

• March 05, 2026

  Michael Knights: Gulf Region On The Precipice Of Fundamental Change

  Michael Knights, head of research at Horizon Engage, a New York–based strategic advisory firm and an adjunct fellow at The Washington Institute, spoke with RFE/RL about what the likely objectives are in the US-Israel campaign against Iran and what may happen if they aren't achieved.

• March 03, 2026

  Activist Once Detained In China Faces Trial In Kazakhstan As Family Battles Closed-Door Case

  For years, Oralkhan Aben has fought to keep her family together -- first campaigning for her husband’s release from a jail in China and now demanding transparency from Kazakhstan’s courts after he was jailed again over an anti-Beijing protest.

• March 02, 2026

  China Weighs Its Options As Iran Strikes Upend The Middle East

  Chinese leaders don’t mind seeing the US bogged down in the Middle East instead of focusing on Asia, but US-Israeli strikes on Iran bring a tough calculus for Beijing in the region.

• February 22, 2026

  How Much Does This Highway Cost Serbian Residents?

  Several villages in western Serbia, known for their agricultural production, have found themselves on the route of a highway to Montenegro, which is being built by the Chinese company CCCC. But expropriation process has triggered a string of lawsuits.

• February 22, 2026

  As Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year, Europe Faces Hard Truth On China

  Efforts to pressure Beijing have failed to slow support for Moscow, highlighting enforcement gaps and deep economic dependencies, analysts and EU officials told RFE/RL.

• February 17, 2026

  New START: No 'Gentleman's Agreement' Between US, Russia On Expired Nuclear Treaty

  A senior US State Department official has flatly rejected suggestions that Washington and Moscow are informally continuing to observe the limits of the now-expired, nuclear-weapon-limiting New START treaty, saying there is no “gentlemen’s agreement” in place.

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