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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 ...

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 ...

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The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Chinese Experts Look at the Restart of Hostilities in Syria

By Miriam Verzellino On November 27, after years of relative calm, the Syrian civil war—now in its thirteenth year—took a dramatic new turn. Two simultaneous offensives began last Wednesday: the first, named “Repelling Aggression,” was spearheaded by the Islamist militant group Hayat ...

Australia and Nauru Announce Landmark Security Treaty

Australia and Pacific nation Nauru announced a landmark security treaty on Monday, advancing Canberra's aim of blunting China's growing regional influence. Under the treaty, Nauru must seek Australia's agreement before it inks any other bilateral deals concerning maritime security, defense and ...

China Says Hopes Syria ‘Returns to Stability as Soon as Possible’

China's foreign ministry said Sunday it hopes Syria "returns to stability as soon as possible" after Islamist-led rebels announced they had taken Damascus and sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing. Beijing "is closely following the development of the situation in Syria and ...