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China’s Xi Tells Putin Ready to ‘Expand’ Ties: State Media
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin he was ready to "expand" cooperation on Wednesday, state media reported. The two leaders exchanged congratulations on the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Xi said China was "ready to join Putin to ...
Are China’s Diplomatic Partnerships Entering a New Era?
By Lukas Fiala Studying Chinese foreign policy means grappling with China’s sometimes ambiguous but nevertheless intriguing foreign policy rhetoric. China’s multi-tiered partnership framework is a case in point. Last year, I wrote about this very subject, arguing that China’s ...
Biden Aide Sullivan Raises Taiwan, South China Sea Concerns With Beijing Military
Top White House aide Jake Sullivan raised the importance of stability in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea while planning more direct military talks in a rare one-on-one with a senior Chinese army official Thursday, Washington said. Sullivan arrived in ...
China’s Wang Warns US Official Over Support to Philippines in Sea Dispute: State Media
China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday warned visiting U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan over supporting the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported. "The United States must not use bilateral treaties as an excuse to undermine ...
How Would a Trump Presidency Compete with China in the Global South?
By Lukas Fiala With Kamala Harris’ campaign gathering pace over the past week, the race for the U.S. presidency is now more open than just a couple of weeks ago. And yet, with the specter of Trump 2.0 looming over policy ...
Blinken Set for Talks With Chinese Counterpart in Laos
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive Saturday in Laos, where he will meet his Chinese counterpart at a regional conference and work to reinforce Washington's ties with its allies. The top U.S. diplomat is due to meet ...
Russia, China FMs Meet as ASEAN Talks Get Underway in Laos
By Montira Rungjirajittranon The foreign ministers of Russia and China met on Thursday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers talks in Laos, Moscow and AFP journalists said. ...
Marcos Says Philippines ‘Cannot Yield’ in Territorial Disputes
By Cecil Morella President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday that the Philippines "cannot yield" in territorial disputes, following a series of escalating confrontations with Beijing in the South China Sea. Manila is locked in a longstanding ...
China-Africa Relations as Seen From the United States
As Chinese engagement in Africa steadily increased over the past twenty-five years, the U.S. has struggled to respond. Africa has consistently been a low priority in U.S. foreign policy, even with China's growing presence on the continent, and that's especially true ...
China Seeks to Boost Shanghai Bloc to Counter the West
By Matthew Walsh China is seeking to strengthen its leadership of an expanding bloc of nations it sees as a potential counterweight to the world order led by the United States. Leaders of the Shanghai ...
SCOring Higher? China, Russia, and the Future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
By Giulia Sciorati The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) annual Head of State meeting was hosted in Astana on July 3rd and 4th as part of the SCO’s Kazakh presidency. Despite its over twenty years of activity, the SCO has seldom attracted ...
Putin, Xi Vie for Influence at Central Asian Summit
The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a regional summit, seeking to harden anti-Western alliances and press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region. Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the Kazakh capital of ...