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China's top diplomat Wang Yi will hold talks with Myanmar's junta chief, a top Myanmar general said on Tuesday, during a Southeast Asian trip this week that also includes Thailand. China's foreign ministry said earlier that Wang would travel to Myanmar ...

Why is Türkiye Enhancing Cooperation with China?

By Buğra Süsler One of the highlights of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s visits to China (3-5 June) and the BRICS meeting in Russia (10-11 June) was Türkiye’s renewed interest in joining the BRICS bloc, which signaled once again Ankara’s ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Hits the Phones to Stave Off Mideast Conflict

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently spoke by phone with his counterparts in Egypt and Jordan in a renewed Chinese diplomatic push to avoid an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently spoke by ...

Diplomacy and Development: Turkish Media on Xinjiang, Chinese Mediation, and BYD

Ahmet Faruk Işık and Leonardo Bruni On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the establishment of China-Türkiye diplomatic ties, we reflect on these very eventful past two months for Sino-Turkish relations. From June 3 ...

Rhetorical Heat Raises the Stakes in the South China Sea

Foreign Ministers from the U.S.-centric Quad defense alliance criticized what they called “coercive and intimidating maneuvers” in the South China Sea. This comes after talks between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny ...

Chinese Coast Guard and Navy Ships Look On But Don’t Intervene in Latest Philippine Resupply Mission

Under the close watch of at least nine China Coast Guard and PLA Navy warships, the Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef on Saturday without any “untoward incidents” more than a month after a violent ...

The ASEAN Wonk on Great Power Politics in Southeast Asia

Over the past several days, foreign ministers from China, the U.S., Japan, and Russia, among others, have passed through the Laotian capital, Vientiane, ostensibly for an ASEAN gathering. But the real action took place on the sidelines of the meeting, where ...

China, U.S. Spar Over South China Sea at Laos Talks

By Léon Bruneau and Stuart Graham The top diplomats of China and the US sparred on Saturday over the South China Sea, where Beijing is locked in a territorial dispute with US treaty ally the Philippines.

U.S. Hails ‘Productive’ Meeting Between Blinken and China FM in Laos

The United States hailed "open and productive" discussions between China's foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised U.S. concerns over Beijing's "provocative actions" around Taiwan. The U.S. top diplomat and his Chinese ...

China Warns Philippines of ‘Resolute’ Response in South China Sea

China will "respond resolutely" to any violation by the Philippines of a recent deal to calm tensions between the two countries in the South China Sea, its top diplomat told his Filipino counterpart, Beijing said Saturday. Manila is locked in a ...

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 ...

China and the Gaza Crisis

In case you needed your geopolitical optics even starker than usual, this week rushed to comply. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi watched as representatives of fourteen Palestinian movements, including Hamas and Fatah, signed the Beijing Declaration.
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