China’s President Xi Jinping has made his first public appearance in two weeks, in a sign that the Communist Party’s annual secretive summer retreat on the Yellow Sea has ended. Read More Here
In a world of multipolarity and growing complexity President Xi can paradoxically show more flexibility, and to emphasise China’s (and his) role as “a reasonable stakeholder” in a multipolar, rules-based order, but one in which China’s role is both ascendant and recognized. Read More Here
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Nepalese counterpart Narayan Khadka that surveyors will examine the feasibility of plans to link Kathmandu with Kerung in Tibet. Talks on the project began in 2016, months after a blockade on the Indian border boosted efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing. Read More Here
Given foreign and military policies coming out of Washington over the past couple of decades, there is an uncomfortably high chance this situation could deteriorate into war – and that would be catastrophic for American interests. Read More Here
Beijing said it has the “greatest sincerity” for peaceful unification with Taiwan in its clearest statement of intent since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island triggered a crisis. Read More Here
In the 20th century, the Soviet Union viewed China as a poorer cousin. Decades later, the tables have turned decisively. Read More Here
As Western nations question the benefits of globalization, China has become the world’s leading globalizer. Read More Here
As China prepares for this fall’s 20th Party Congress, the odds grow stronger by the day that Chinese President Xi Jinping will emerge from the meeting having secured a third term in office. Read More Here
Provincial chiefs and central government ministers have gathered in Beijing to study President Xi Jinping’s governing doctrines – a signal that the ruling Communist Party will soon hold its twice-a-decade congress. Read More Here
In the past four years, China’s global image, which had been positive or at least neutral in many parts of the globe for the prior two decades, has deteriorated extensively. Read More Here
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