Azhar Azam

Lahore

Columnist at Freelance

Articles

China y la UE pueden liderar la transición energética global

1 week ago | reporteasia.com | Azhar Azam

Poco más de un año antes de la adopción del histórico Acuerdo de París sobre el clima, el presidente chino Xi Jinping y el entonces presidente de EE. UU., Barack Obama, realizaron un anuncio histórico en Beijing sobre el cambio climático, reafirmando su compromiso con un acuerdo exitoso en París y marcando una nueva era de diplomacia climática multilateral. En dicha agenda, la transición energética se encuentra en los primeros puestos.
China and EU can lead global energy transition

1 week ago | news.cgtn.com | Azhar Azam

Beijing is also the world's largest investor in clean energy. Per research provider Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), China's total investment estimated at $818 billion in green technology last year was greater than the combined investment of the U.S., EU and the UK. Of the total 16.2 million employment opportunities created in renewable energy globally in 2023, 7.4 million jobs were generated in China.
Who is the 'real, imminent threat' in the Asia-Pacific?

3 weeks ago | news.cgtn.com | Azhar Azam

The track record of the U.S.-centered alliances in destabilizing regions – rather than delivering stability and establishing deterrence – is remarkable. From foreign invasions and interventions to arms sales and fabricated groupings, America has been fueling conflicts and undermining regional peace. With Washington increasingly seen as a "protection racket" by its own allies, the country's reliability as a credible security provider is blowing to bits.
Latin America: Beijing's narrative is dominating Washington's

4 weeks ago | tribune.com.pk | Azhar Azam

China's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been seen as a threat to the US strategic position globally with recommendations of employing military, technological and economic might to force its neighbours into severing ties with Beijing. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio himself recently travelled to several regional states to counter China's influence and prevent them from building critical infrastructure in cohorts with Beijing.
China-CEEC expo is reiteration of Beijing's commitment to openness

1 month ago | news.cgtn.com | Azhar Azam

In a five-day event, some 62 foreign-funded projects were signed with a total investment volume of about $18 billion at a staggering 17.7 percent increase. Among signed deals, almost a quarter involved Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders, covering areas such as high-end equipment manufacturing, biomedicine and the digital economy.
BRICS: a challenge to Western-led institutional architecture?

1 month ago | tribune.com.pk | Azhar Azam

As the Western-led governance system experiences an incessant erosion of credibility over its own predatory and protectionist policies, leading to more international turbulence and slower global growth — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, offered a framework of cooperation to protect interests of the Global South and develop a joint response to the new, cascading challenges, helping contending with America's actions to erect trade barriers and grow at the...
Multilateralism and global governance reform: Key to shared development in BRICS and beyond

1 month ago | news.cgtn.com | Azhar Azam

Editor's note: Azhar Azam, a special commentator on current affairs for CGTN, works for a private organization as a market and business analyst. He writes on geopolitical affairs and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily those of CGTN.
China and Kenya break new ground for Global South cooperation

2 months ago | news.cgtn.com | Azhar Azam

China is Kenya's largest trading partner. In the first quarter of 2025, bilateral trade increased 11.9 percent to more than $2.2 billion. Chinese goods such as home appliances, electrical components and construction machinery have benefited Kenyan consumers and infrastructure development; China's agriculture imports from Kenya, ranging from avocado to tea, are boosting the livelihoods of Kenyan farmers.
Los aranceles de Trump son una oportunidad para China

2 months ago | reporteasia.com | Azhar Azam

Mientras economistas y analistas cuestionan la prudencia detrás de los aranceles generalizados impuestos por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, contra China, el mandatario estadounidense ha intensificado la presión, lo que, sin embargo, dejará a los ciudadanos comunes —y a sus propios votantes— tambaleando ante una alta inflación en un contexto de elevadas tasas de interés.
Trump's 'Obliteration Day' tariffs will only strengthen China's resolve

2 months ago | news.cgtn.com | Azhar Azam

One of Trump's overarching goals is to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. but he is mistaken. For instance, economists caution that footwear giant Nike, despite tariffs, won't shift production to make sneakers in America. Instead, it would redirect its sale to other countries like China.