Day: September 9, 2024
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Vietnam’s Foreign Minister to Hold Talks With Chinese Counterpart in Beijing
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn will head to Beijing on Monday for bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. This week's meetings between the two ministers are not tied to any specific issue or events, according to Hanoi's envoy to ...
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Trade, Not Politics Frame the China-Paraguay Relationship
While political ties between China and Paraguay are increasingly strained over the South American country's commitment to maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan, economic ties between the two are much more robust. Well, sort of. China is Paraguay's third largest trading partner, ...
Paraguay Expelled a Chinese Diplomat After He Called on the South American Country to Cut Ties With Taiwan
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced Paraguay's move last week to expel Chinese diplomat Xu Wei for interfering in the South American country's internal affairs. Xu was in Asunción for a UNESCO meeting that he skipped on Thursday to go to parliament, where ...
Major Myanmar Rebel Group Sends Delegation to China for Talks
A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has sent a delegation to China for talks with its government, its spokesman told AFP on Monday, as Beijing looks to end fighting along its southern border. A delegation from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ...
China’s Once Tidy Mideast Policy Has Been Upended
A few months ago, China looked like it had all its Mideast diplomacy figured out. Israel and the U.S. were taking heavy hits in the court of global public opinion over the devastation caused by the war in Gaza. Each harrowing ...
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland during flight deck operations in the Pacific Ocean. Image via the U.S. Marine Corps.
In this edition of M&M, I want to examine one of the most common claims not only in Vietnam’s foreign policy circle but also in that of the United States. The United States is a Pacific power with an extensive network of alliances and bases across the Indo-Pacific, and its exercise ...
Kenyan Opposition Leader Slams President for Going to Africa Summit in China
One of Kenyan President William Ruto's most outspoken rivals, Raila Odinga, head of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), blasted the president for traveling to China to attend last week's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit that took place in Beijing. "I ...
Chinese Warship Wraps Up Port of Call to Vietnam as Hanoi Engages in High-Level Security Talks With the U.S.
A PLA Navy warship concluded a three-day rest and replenishment port of call in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay on Friday. The unnamed warship was on its way back from joint naval exercises with Singapore when it made the stop in Vietnam. ...
Saudi Looks to Team Up With China to Build EV Supply Chain, From Metals to Manufacturing
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef arrived in Guangzhou last week, a midway stop in an Asian tour that he hopes will help the Kingdom to become a major player in the burgeoning electric vehicle industry. ...
Police Chief Says China to Train 3,000 More Overseas Cops
By Isabel Kua China will train thousands of law enforcement officers from different countries over the next 12 months, its police chief said Monday, as it seeks to cement its role as a global security provider.
China Says Premier Li Qiang to Visit Saudi, UAE This Week
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Monday. "From September 10 to 13, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will travel to Saudi Arabia to chair the Fourth ...