China has sold a batch of its advanced portable anti-tank missiles to an undisclosed country for the first time. Analysts expect the HJ-12 missiles to help China to gain a bigger share in the global arms market because its advanced capabilities rival those of its western and Russian counterparts. “»»»

Oil-hungry China has cultivated close economic ties with Iraq, which exports most of its crude to Asia and the Pacific Iraq has secured a $2bn boost from a state-owned Chinese oil company paying upfront, as it continues to reel from the Coronavirus-triggered collapse in energy prices. SOMO, which o»»»