Day: April 13, 2023
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Xi Jinping's "Community of Common Destiny" is little more than a slogan for a lot of international observers but that thinking may be out of date now that China is using it as a core organizing principle of its foreign policy. ...
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China's First Lady Peng Liyuan met with Ngô Thị Mận, wife of Vietnam's Communist Party General-Secretary, on the first day of her visit to Hanoi on Tuesday in what looked to be a perfectly amicable setting. And that's exactly the way Chinese ...
China and Vietnam Agree to Landmark Upgrade in Ties; Sign Dozens of Deals on Everything From Railways to Data
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First Signs of Progress on Debt at Spring Meetings, But Much Remains Unclear
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The Philippines Walks a Tricky Line Between the Superpowers
China has rejected a joint call by the Philippines and the United States to scale back its presence in the South China Sea. This follows Tuesday’s 2+2 talks between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Philippine Secretary of ...
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