Vatican extends appointment deal with China;
Italy ends BRI membership and Sweden says no to Huawei;
China threatens not to recognize British passports for Hong Kongers;
China preparing to amend national defense law;
Philippine Communist Party orders guerrillas to target Chinese firms

China tests internet censorship 2.0;
China's global image hits new lows;
UK parliament: Huawei colludes with "Communist Party apparatus";
China calls on Taiwan's spies to switch sides;
China stymies G20 debt relief scheme

Party wants private firms to aid United Front work;
Berlin buries internal report on China's influence;
Chile eyes Chinese fishing fleet along South American coast;
China's diplomatic offensive in Southeast Asia;
U.S. agricultural exports to China spike

Gambling, cryptocurrency ship $145 billion out of China annually;
Quad tackles China's disinformation;
Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn China's human rights abuses;
G7 ministers press Beijing on debt relief for poor nations;
China holds simultaneous naval drills

Cheating, plagiarism to be punished under social credit system;
China's corn crisis continues;
China's fishing flotilla nears Peru's waters;
Kenya faces fiscal criss due to SGR loan;
Kenyan MPs urge China to renegotiate DEB