https://www.scmp.com/rss/329098/feed The Group of 20, or G20 as it is more commonly known, is an annual meeting of leaders from 19 major nations plus the European Union. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Wang Huiyao Wang Huiyao The global order has outgrown itself. The 2026 Munich Security Report describes this moment as a period of “wrecking-ball politics”, in which the post-war order constructed in 1945 is “under destruction”. However, that order was designed for a world shaped by bipolar rivalry and later sustained by American predominance. Today’s global system looks very different: economically diffuse, environmentally constrained and politically fragmented but deeply interconnected by both trade and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3343875/its-time-global-governance-reflect-new-realities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3343875/its-time-global-governance-reflect-new-realities?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:30:09 +0000 Kyodo Kyodo The leaders of Japan and Britain agreed on Saturday on the urgent need for their countries and like-minded partners to cooperate in strengthening supply chains of critical minerals, as Tokyo seeks to align more closely with London in the face of China’s growing clout. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a joint press event with her British counterpart Keir Starmer after their meeting in Tokyo that they affirmed the two nations will strategically promote cybersecurity cooperation and set up a new... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3341945/uk-pm-starmer-arrives-japan-last-leg-east-asia-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3341945/uk-pm-starmer-arrives-japan-last-leg-east-asia-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:25:34 +0000 Winston Mok Winston Mok Whereas then US president Joe Biden initially missed the group photo at the annual Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro last year, requiring a reshoot, his successor did not even bother showing up for this year’s meeting in Johannesburg. US President Donald Trump boycotted the summit due to alleged mistreatment of white people in post-apartheid South Africa. Yet, even in the absence of the US, the G20 managed to make a leaders’ declaration at the start of the summit, which usually comes at the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335374/how-china-can-help-africa-build-human-capital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335374/how-china-can-help-africa-build-human-capital?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:35:14 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Monday launched the US presidency of the Group of 20 by wiping clean the website of outgoing host South Africa, which he is not inviting to next year’s summit. The G20 website now simply has a picture of Trump in black and white that says “Miami 2026” and “The Best Is Yet to Come”, the title of the song popularised by Frank Sinatra. Trump refused all US attendance at last month’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, denouncing the post-apartheid government’s treatment of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334818/trump-wipes-south-africas-g20-website-clean-ahead-next-years-us-presidency?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334818/trump-wipes-south-africas-g20-website-clean-ahead-next-years-us-presidency?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:21:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed on Sunday US President Donald Trump’s threat to exclude Pretoria from next year’s Group of 20 summit, reaffirming South Africa’s status as a founding member of the group. Washington boycotted the G20 meeting held under South Africa’s presidency in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23, with Trump repeating allegations, widely discredited, that the host country’s black-majority government persecutes its white minority. Trump said last Wednesday that... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3334701/ramaphosa-dismisses-trumps-threat-bar-south-africa-2026-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3334701/ramaphosa-dismisses-trumps-threat-bar-south-africa-2026-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:06:51 +0000 Jevans Nyabiage Jevans Nyabiage South Africa is looking to new export markets in Asia – particularly China – and Europe to diversify away from the United States, as its relations with Washington rapidly deteriorate. America boycotted last weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg after Washington accused Pretoria of persecuting Afrikaner farmers, labelling the situation “white genocide” – a claim the South African government strongly denies. On Wednesday the situation escalated, with US President Donald Trump saying... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334485/china-set-benefit-south-africa-looks-diversify-away-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334485/china-set-benefit-south-africa-looks-diversify-away-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:00:15 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year at his Miami-area club and will stop all payments and subsidies to the country over its treatment of a US government representative at this year’s global meeting. Trump chose not to have an American government delegation attend last weekend’s summit hosted by South Africa, saying he did so because its white Afrikaners were being violently persecuted. It is a claim that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334288/trump-says-hes-barring-south-africa-next-years-g20-summit-miami?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334288/trump-says-hes-barring-south-africa-next-years-g20-summit-miami?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:41:13 +0000 Karin Costa Vazquez Karin Costa Vazquez As South Africa hands over the Group of 20 presidency, something more consequential than a routine rotation is taking place. The moment marks the end of an unprecedented cycle: four consecutive presidencies led by major economies of the Global South – Indonesia, India, Brazil and South Africa. For four years, the G20 was steered by countries whose development priorities, demographic structures and geopolitical positions diverged from those of the Group of Seven. In 2026, the gavel will pass to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333956/us-must-build-global-souths-g20-momentum-not-undermine-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333956/us-must-build-global-souths-g20-momentum-not-undermine-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:30:09 +0000 Dewey Sim Dewey Sim In a span of just four days last week, Beijing’s envoy to the United Nations criticised Japan – and its leader’s comments related to Taiwan – twice. Fu Cong first said, during a debate on reforming the UN Security Council last Tuesday, that Tokyo was “totally unqualified” to seek a permanent seat on the group, calling Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s earlier comments on Taiwan “brazen” and “provocative”. Takaichi on November 7 suggested that Japan could deploy its military forces in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334131/why-china-took-japan-criticism-un-twice-did-not-raise-it-g20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334131/why-china-took-japan-criticism-un-twice-did-not-raise-it-g20?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:35:07 +0000 dpa dpa British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit last week amid speculation that he could visit Beijing early next year and the country’s controversial embassy in London will be approved. The two leaders are understood to have greeted each other only briefly during a “brush-by” rather than holding formal bilateral talks, after which a readout covering what was discussed would usually be expected from Starmer’s office. China was represented by Premier Li... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334004/uks-starmer-met-premier-li-qiang-g20-south-africa-amid-beijing-visit-rumours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334004/uks-starmer-met-premier-li-qiang-g20-south-africa-amid-beijing-visit-rumours?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:26:57 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Two major global summits wrapped up over the weekend, with China in attendance at both and the US absent from both. At the G20 in South Africa, Chinese Premier Li Qiang repeated Beijing’s call for a multilateral global order and collaboration. He also voiced support for the implementation of a global environmental deal hammered out over the previous couple of weeks at the Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. “We have to advance with time and take the lead to uphold multilateralism,” Li said on... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3333937/china-view-wins-out-global-summits-us-stays-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3333937/china-view-wins-out-global-summits-us-stays-home?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:07:21 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US, and that consensus reached at a Group of 20 leaders’ meeting in Johannesburg this weekend carries weight despite a boycott by President Donald Trump’s administration. South Africa, the G20 host this year, defied the US by releasing a declaration from the meeting. Trump ordered the stay away after repeating a debunked claim that White Afrikaner farmers in South Africa are being subjected to a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333861/carney-global-economic-centre-gravity-shifting-away-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333861/carney-global-economic-centre-gravity-shifting-away-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:03:04 +0000 Sylvie Zhuang Sylvie Zhuang Chinese Premier Li Qiang has taken Beijing’s push for multilateralism to the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, calling for solidarity and free trade at an event boycotted by the world’s biggest economy. Addressing the gathering of leaders in Johannesburg on Saturday, Li pointed to challenges faced by various international institutions. “We have to advance with time and take the lead to uphold multilateralism” in the face of difficulties of governance, he said, according to state news agency... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333845/china-pushes-multilateralism-solidarity-and-free-trade-g20-summit-amid-us-absence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333845/china-pushes-multilateralism-solidarity-and-free-trade-g20-summit-amid-us-absence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:37:29 +0000 Jevans Nyabiage Jevans Nyabiage The G20 summit in Johannesburg opened on Saturday with a firm call from the host nation to safeguard the group’s credibility and role, despite the shadow cast by the first-ever US boycott in the forum’s history. South Africa has, however, secured crucial diplomatic backing from China for the assembly of the world’s wealthiest and leading emerging economies. Members should “not allow anything to diminish the value, stature and impact of the first African G20”, South African President Cyril... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333808/g20-south-africa-summit-wins-strong-china-backing-amid-first-ever-us-boycott?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333808/g20-south-africa-summit-wins-strong-china-backing-amid-first-ever-us-boycott?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:13:28 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Former president Mauricio Macri warned on Friday that Argentina could weaken its export base if it distances itself from China, sharpening his public split with President Javier Milei. Macri argued that China remains central to Argentina’s sales of soy, beef and other raw materials, goods the US already produces in abundance. “China is more complementary than the United States for Argentina. I do not think it is good to interrupt that process,” he said. A long-time Milei ally, Macri was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3333767/ex-argentine-leader-warns-milei-cutting-china-ties-could-backfire-us-push-grows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3333767/ex-argentine-leader-warns-milei-cutting-china-ties-could-backfire-us-push-grows?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:37:52 +0000 David Dodwell David Dodwell As South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa convenes the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, two things are likely to be on many minds: the empty chair and the spirit of ubuntu. Wikipedia defines the ubuntu philosophy as encompassing “the interdependence of humans on one another and the acknowledgement of one’s responsibility to their fellow humans and the world around them”. For the purposes of South Africa’s hosting of the G20 summit, that Zulu term means multilateralism – anathema to US... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333596/multilateralism-isnt-dead-despite-trumpian-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333596/multilateralism-isnt-dead-despite-trumpian-year?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:30:10 +0000 Jevans Nyabiage Jevans Nyabiage Leaders from the world’s wealthiest and largest economies will gather in Johannesburg for the Group of 20 summit this weekend, as geopolitical friction threatens to derail the event. There are tensions over Washington’s unprecedented total boycott of the summit, and a diplomatic rift between Beijing and Tokyo is also likely to loom large after China ruled out a one-on-one leaders’ meeting with Japan. Beijing declined a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit – which runs from Saturday to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333666/us-boycott-and-china-japan-rift-loom-large-leaders-gather-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333666/us-boycott-and-china-japan-rift-loom-large-leaders-gather-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:03:51 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The White House hit out on Thursday at South Africa’s leader for “running his mouth” over the United States’ boycott of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg in another diplomatic rift between the US and a country that has been especially targeted for criticism by President Donald Trump. South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters in Johannesburg that the US had indicated it was changing its mind over its boycott of the G20 leaders summit at the “11th hour” and wanted to take... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3333602/south-african-president-says-us-wants-reverse-its-boycott-and-join-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3333602/south-african-president-says-us-wants-reverse-its-boycott-and-join-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:09:35 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The US formally warned South Africa against pushing for a joint statement at this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg that the Trump administration is boycotting, according to a document seen by Bloomberg. The diplomatic stand-off is particularly awkward given it’s the first time the continent is hosting a G20 and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is passing the baton to US President Donald Trump at the end of this year. Tensions between the two men came to a head at an Oval... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3333574/trump-administration-warns-south-africa-not-issue-g20-statement-citing-policy-differences?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3333574/trump-administration-warns-south-africa-not-issue-g20-statement-citing-policy-differences?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:14:53 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press South African police and army units held a parade on Wednesday involving helicopters, K-9 dog units and officers on motorcycles in a show of force ahead of expected protests around this weekend’s Group of 20 world leaders summit in Johannesburg. South Africa has deployed 3,500 extra police officers and put the army on standby under its National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure - a body that brings police, army and intelligence services together under one command to provide security... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3333489/huge-security-operation-place-africas-first-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3333489/huge-security-operation-place-africas-first-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:17:18 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham Dozens of senior officials and diplomats from across Asia, Africa and the Pacific will touch down in Brussels on Thursday, as the European Union tries to convince them it is a more reliable partner than the United States and China. More than 70 delegations will attend the bloc’s fourth Indo-Pacific forum, with more than 50 ministers or vice-ministers expected at talks on Friday, EU officials said. Crucially, neither Beijing or Washington are invited. “There was no invitation to special guests –... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333478/europe-looks-common-ground-indo-pacific-nations-bruised-us-china-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3333478/europe-looks-common-ground-indo-pacific-nations-bruised-us-china-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:00:09 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick China has reportedly declined, for the time being, to make a financial contribution to Brazil’s flagship rainforest protection mechanism, arguing that developed nations should take the lead in global climate financing. The position, reported by Brazil’s newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, frustrated hopes in Brasília that the world’s second-largest economy would become a major early backer of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, or TFFF. Chinese negotiators told their Brazilian counterparts that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332256/china-wont-back-brazil-rainforest-fund-points-rich-nations-lack-support-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332256/china-wont-back-brazil-rainforest-fund-points-rich-nations-lack-support-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:42:27 +0000 Syed Munir Khasru Syed Munir Khasru At Cop30, the first UN climate summit held in the heart of the Amazon, the stage is set for a fundamental reframing of climate diplomacy. For too long, the Global South has been cast as a passive aid recipient, a problem to be managed rather than a partner in solutions. But as delegates gather in Brazil’s gateway to the world’s largest rainforest, they will confront a different reality: a tropical belt that holds the keys to our climate future and a generation of evidence showing that South-led... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3331989/how-cop30-can-advance-new-template-south-south-climate-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3331989/how-cop30-can-advance-new-template-south-south-climate-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said Friday that no American government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers. Trump had already announced he would not attend the annual summit for heads of state from the globe’s leading and emerging economies. US Vice-President J.D. Vance had been scheduled to attend in Trump’s place, but a person familiar with Vance’s plans who was granted anonymity to talk about his schedule... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332014/trump-says-us-boycott-g20-south-africa-citing-treatment-white-farmers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332014/trump-says-us-boycott-g20-south-africa-citing-treatment-white-farmers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:48:19 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off the Cop30 climate summit on Thursday, urging leaders to turn promises into action while highlighting his country’s work within the Brics group to reaffirm the importance of climate finance, capacity building and technology transfer in global cooperation. The meeting comes amid the notable absence by the United States. President Donald Trump, who ordered the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in January, declined an invitation... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331840/brazils-lula-opens-cop30-demanding-courage-and-cash-save-planet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331840/brazils-lula-opens-cop30-demanding-courage-and-cash-save-planet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:17:48 +0000 Reuters Reuters US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he told Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato that the Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy. “Minister Kato and I also discussed important issues pertaining to the US-Japan economic relationship and the Administration’s expectation that Japan stop importing Russian energy,” Bessent said on social media after the two met on Wednesday. Bessent and Kato met on the sidelines of the annual International... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3329187/after-india-us-tells-japan-stop-importing-russian-energy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3329187/after-india-us-tells-japan-stop-importing-russian-energy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:43:27 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the two countries should deepen cooperation “in all sectors”. The remark was a strong indication that New Delhi would not cut back on crude oil imports from Russia despite pressure from the US. Modi also expressed strong enthusiasm for welcoming Putin to India, in a subtle rebuke of US President Donald Trump. As they met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, Modi... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3323957/india-signals-no-oil-import-cut-russia-eagerly-awaits-putin-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3323957/india-signals-no-oil-import-cut-russia-eagerly-awaits-putin-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:11:45 +0000 Rioberto Sidauruk Rioberto Sidauruk The world is in a state of geopolitical drift. The old unipolar order has fractured into a complex mosaic of competing interests and asymmetric power. From simmering US-China tensions to persistent regional conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the traditional architecture of global governance appears increasingly strained. The United Nations, the very institution designed to manage this complexity, often finds itself paralysed by vetoes and competing national agendas. A search for a... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3323538/indonesias-prabowo-poised-offer-world-new-pragmatic-road-map?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3323538/indonesias-prabowo-poised-offer-world-new-pragmatic-road-map?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:30:08 +0000 Wang Huiyao Wang Huiyao As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, the world is watching closely. Modi’s visit will be a historic opportunity to usher in a new era of cooperation between two ancient civilisations whose populations account for just under 35 per cent of humanity, representing the world’s second- and soon-to-be third-largest economies. During Modi’s recent meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both seemed to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322841/how-modis-visit-china-can-reshape-asias-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322841/how-modis-visit-china-can-reshape-asias-future?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:30:07 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has spoken by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for about an hour, in a high-level contact aimed at reinforcing ties with Brazil’s largest trading partner while confronting a sudden rupture in trade relations with the United States. The call on Tuesday morning Beijing time, requested by Lula, had been in preparation for several days, according to Brazilian officials. Advisers at the Planalto Palace and the foreign ministry had been in contact with... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3321521/chinas-xi-and-brazils-lula-hold-phone-call-amid-us-trade-rupture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3321521/chinas-xi-and-brazils-lula-hold-phone-call-amid-us-trade-rupture?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:59:44 +0000 Rioberto Sidauruk Rioberto Sidauruk At the 17th Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, some countries – particularly Russia, China and India – arrived wielding formidable influence. With nuclear capabilities, expansive infrastructure and veto power in multilateral bodies, they shape global narratives and push national agendas. Their role in the Brics grouping is that of a core capable of challenging norms and institutions. Indonesia, by contrast, does not bring hard power. We are neither a nuclear state nor a technological giant.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3317280/through-brics-indonesia-offers-its-vision-inclusivity-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3317280/through-brics-indonesia-offers-its-vision-inclusivity-world?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:31:00 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend next week’s Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro, marking his first-ever absence from the gathering of leading emerging economies, the Post learned from multiple sources on Tuesday. According to officials familiar with the matter, Beijing told the Brazilian government that Xi had a scheduling conflict. Instead, Premier Li Qiang is expected to lead the Chinese delegation, as he did at the G20 summit in India in 2023. Chinese involved in preparations, they... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3315708/first-xi-will-miss-brics-summit-rio-li-qiang-leads-china-delegation-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3315708/first-xi-will-miss-brics-summit-rio-li-qiang-leads-china-delegation-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:34:54 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast on Tuesday, citing trade tensions and resulting policy uncertainty, as US President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs strained ties and weighed on economic outlooks. The bank lowered its projection for global GDP growth to 2.3 per cent in its latest economic prospects report, down from 2.7 per cent expected in January, the latest in a series of downgrades by international organizations. “That’s the weakest performance in 17 years, outside... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3313910/world-bank-warns-slowest-global-growth-1960s-amid-trump-tariffs-trade-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3313910/world-bank-warns-slowest-global-growth-1960s-amid-trump-tariffs-trade-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:38:32 +0000 Ban Ki-Moon Ban Ki-Moon Nearly a decade ago on the eve of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, as UN secretary general, I stood alongside then US president Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two countries took the historic step of joining the Paris Agreement. That moment – with the world’s two largest economies and biggest emitters – both expedited the ratification of the Paris Agreement and marked the start of an unprecedented era of climate cooperation. It showed shared responsibility in the face of an... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3310967/chinas-green-energy-leadership-can-bridge-political-economic-divides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3310967/chinas-green-energy-leadership-can-bridge-political-economic-divides?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 May 2025 01:30:08 +0000 Laura Zhou,Victoria Bela Laura Zhou,Victoria Bela China will work with Russia to maintain the stability of global multilateral trade and supply chains, President Xi Jinping said in Moscow on Thursday during talks with his Russian counterpart at the Kremlin. “China is willing to work with Russia to shoulder the special responsibilities entrusted by the times and maintain the stability and smooth operation of the global multilateral trading system, industrial chains, and supply chains,” Xi said to Vladimir Putin. Amid rising pressure from US... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3309490/chinas-xi-jinping-arrives-moscow-hailing-historic-ties-and-true-friendship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3309490/chinas-xi-jinping-arrives-moscow-hailing-historic-ties-and-true-friendship?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 May 2025 01:43:05 +0000 China’s central bank governor and finance minister – its top financial and economic officials – have condemned the trade war at a Group of 20 ministers meeting in Washington, concluding the tour without official bilateral dialogue with their US counterparts. “There are no winners in trade wars or tariff wars, and major economies should enhance their participation in international macroeconomic and financial policy coordination,” Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, said in an... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3307915/g20-washington-top-chinese-officials-slam-trade-war-talks-remain-elusive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3307915/g20-washington-top-chinese-officials-slam-trade-war-talks-remain-elusive?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:00:15 +0000 UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia’s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 (G20) meeting in South Africa on Thursday. Lammy was speaking to reporters after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed other senior diplomats in a closed-door session at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg. “I have to say when I listened to what the Russians and what Lavrov have just said in the chamber this... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3299526/uk-foreign-secretary-questions-russias-appetite-peace-south-africa-g20-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3299526/uk-foreign-secretary-questions-russias-appetite-peace-south-africa-g20-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Feb 2025 23:00:27 +0000 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to skip the Group of 20 foreign ministers’ talks in Johannesburg next week could leave room for China to assume leadership of the group amid a dispute between South Africa and the United States, analysts said. Beijing has confirmed that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend, but Rubio will not, having accused Pretoria of having an “anti-American” agenda. The move raises concerns over whether US President Donald Trump will attend the G20 summit in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3298764/will-china-fill-gap-left-us-g20-foreign-ministers-meeting-south-africa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3298764/will-china-fill-gap-left-us-g20-foreign-ministers-meeting-south-africa?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:00:11 +0000 The year is shaping up to be one of shake-ups in global geopolitics and power. Donald Trump has assumed the US presidency for a second term with a resounding victory, after the Democrats failed in their appeal to working-class and other voters during a time of uncertainty, inflationary pressures and worries over immigration. Trump has promised much, from tax cuts and tariffs to ending the Ukraine war, amid US trade tensions with China. Trump has replaced Pax Americana with “America... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3296226/trumps-america-will-be-forced-grapple-rising-brics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3296226/trumps-america-will-be-forced-grapple-rising-brics?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:30:08 +0000 US President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa and will use the three-day trip to counter China’s influence by highlighting an ambitious US-backed railway project. The Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment in Zambia, Congo and Angola aims to advance US presence in a region rich in the critical minerals used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies. Thousands of people lined the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3289053/biden-arrives-angola-his-long-awaited-first-presidential-sub-saharan-africa-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3289053/biden-arrives-angola-his-long-awaited-first-presidential-sub-saharan-africa-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:14:43 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! We were only beginning to absorb the implications of US president-elect Trump’s stunning victory in this month’s election when the focus of world attention shifted a few thousand kilometres south. Leaders representing the Apec descended on Lima, Peru, within a week of the election, before moving on to Rio de Janeiro for the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3288906/china-hot-agenda-apec-g20-gatherings-trumps-spectre-looms-large?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3288906/china-hot-agenda-apec-g20-gatherings-trumps-spectre-looms-large?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:00:13 +0000 The absence of US President Joe Biden from the G20’s first group photo is perhaps emblematic of what the world expects of the next US administration under Donald Trump. In the photo, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands between the leaders of India, which hosted the Group of 20 summit in 2023, and South Africa, which is scheduled to host the next one. The G20 summit unfolded last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a city where affluent neighbourhoods stand in stark contrast to large... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287559/can-global-south-and-g20-lead-new-era-poverty-reduction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287559/can-global-south-and-g20-lead-new-era-poverty-reduction?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:31:35 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Rio de Janeiro. While their meeting lasted a mere 30 minutes, they still found time to talk about crucial economic and geopolitical issues. Both leaders face difficult situations at home, with Scholz occupying a more precarious position. While Scholz was talking to Xi and other world leaders in Brazil, meetings were taking place in Berlin to discuss whether Scholz should remain... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287527/ev-tariffs-and-ukraine-war-weigh-heavily-germany-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287527/ev-tariffs-and-ukraine-war-weigh-heavily-germany-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2024 12:30:09 +0000 This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech in Brazil titled “Building a just world of common development”, at the G20 summit’s first session on the global fight against hunger and poverty. He spoke of China’s poverty elimination campaign and its commitment to bringing common development and prosperity to the world. “Common” is a keyword in China’s policies. “Common prosperity” and “common development” might sound like communist slogans, but in China, they are rallying cries for... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287287/world-crisis-needs-more-leaders-embrace-chinas-big-family-vision?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287287/world-crisis-needs-more-leaders-embrace-chinas-big-family-vision?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:30:08 +0000 Who exactly is in charge of the battle against climate change? Anyone asking is likely to get the answer: “good question”. The fact is, no one is really in charge of dealing with this existential threat. While there is a dawning realisation of this leadership gap, filling it is another matter. Pledges made at the Cop29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, last week to scale up climate finance miss the point. The issue is not just about commitments to aid but how governments direct private savings into... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287489/are-governments-finally-getting-serious-about-climate-finance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287489/are-governments-finally-getting-serious-about-climate-finance?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:30:09 +0000 Trump 2.0 could signal the end of an era defined by US-led globalisation. To tackle the urgent crises confronting humanity, the international community must stay committed to the principles of open engagement and pursue globalisation 2.0 – charting a path independent of American leadership. This week, world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20 summit. But its significance – and Biden’s presence in particular – has been overshadowed by Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287413/trumps-re-election-could-mark-end-era-dominated-us-led-globalisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3287413/trumps-re-election-could-mark-end-era-dominated-us-led-globalisation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:30:07 +0000 Donald Trump’s election to a second term in the White House has signalled a break in multilateralism from Washington, if not the end of it. Expectations are the United States will prioritise trade wars over tariff reduction, fossil fuel development over renewable energy, and isolationism over unshrinking support for allies in conflicts. Still, there are signs many in the rest of the world, including China, are redoubling their commitments to working together to address pressing issues of our... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3287612/torch-international-cooperation-burn-despite-trump-return?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3287612/torch-international-cooperation-burn-despite-trump-return?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:23:04 +0000 1. G20 faces call for urgent action on climate change as Brazil’s Lula touts transition to renewable energy Leaders, including Brazilian President Lula da Silva, urged countries to accelerate their efforts towards carbon neutrality and sustainable development, highlighting the need for global cooperation to address pressing challenges affecting the environment. 2. Asia’s rice revolution: India, Vietnam and Thailand lead climate-smart farming innovations Asia’s rice farmers are revolutionising... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3287499/lula-pushes-action-g20-asias-rice-revolution-hongkongers-back-renewables-6-climate-stories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3287499/lula-pushes-action-g20-asias-rice-revolution-hongkongers-back-renewables-6-climate-stories?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:49:01 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Brasilia on Wednesday for a state meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations and signing 37 government agreements. Xi arrived midmorning at the Alvorada Palace and was escorted by a cavalry regiment. Lula and his wife, Janja da Silva, welcomed the Chinese leader at the official residence of the Brazilian presidency, where he received elaborate state honours and attended a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3287438/xi-jinping-meets-brazilian-president-lula-signing-over-30-agreements?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3287438/xi-jinping-meets-brazilian-president-lula-signing-over-30-agreements?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:11:54 +0000 Brazil wrapped up the annual G20 summit of major industrialised and developing economies in Brazil on Tuesday with a focus on sustainable development and the transition to renewable energy. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the assembled delegates that member countries have to step up their game on global governance, health security, women’s empowerment and the equitable spread of technology. “We worked hard,” he said. “But we only scratched the surface of the deep challenges... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3287294/g20-ends-call-urgency-climate-global-health-womens-rights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3287294/g20-ends-call-urgency-climate-global-health-womens-rights?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:20:44 +0000