German Chancellor Olaf Scholz seems to be sending friendly signals toward Beijing ahead of his state visit early next month, with the latest effort being help in crafting a compromise on a Chinese company's purchase of a minority stake in a container port in Hamburg.

A proposed purchase by a Chinese company of a stake in an important German port has led to divisions within the German government, and prospects for regulatory approval are uncertain.

A new paper from a research center at Johns Hopkins University examines the controversy over Chinese lending for a Kenyan railway and the possible seizure of a Kenyan port, which has been put forward as an example of China's "debt trap diplomacy." The paper concludes as

In a ruling last week, the Court of Appeal of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region upheld a judge's decision that a contract dispute between a Dubai company and a Chinese company related to a Djibouti port should not be moved from the Hong

At a joint press conference [https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/dan-tehan/transcript/press-conference-new-zealand-trade-minister] on November 19 after their meeting, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan and New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor were asked about a number of trade issues

In an Australian parliamentary session this week, Senator Sarah Henderson raised concerns about the Newcastle, Australia port, which is 50% owned by a Chinese state-owned company, imposing restrictions on coal exports. This has been a recurring issue that has arisen several times in recent months, in the context of a