Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organisation and political party Fatah, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP China’s Foreign Minister Wang … Read more
China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi meets his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, on March 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said March 18 that his country is ready to work with New Zealand to deepen trade and economic ties and address climate change. … Read more
Narendra Modi gifts a sandalwood sitar model to French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Revised joint statement post Modi-Macron talks drops key points on defence deals India and France have revised the joint statement initially released after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, with the new version released on Friday omitting key details on defence deals which … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during an interview in her office on Dec. 8, 2022, in Wellington, New Zealand. | Photo Credit: AP Reflecting on her five years as New Zealand’s leader, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said China has undoubtedly become more assertive in the region over that time but cautioned that building … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. CNN — When Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan last week, the mood … Read more
China on Friday expressed shock at the deadly suicide attacks at Kabul airport, saying the security situation in Afghanistan remained “complicated and severe” and that Beijing will work with the international community to cope with terrorist threats and prevent the war-ravaged country from becoming a hotbed of terrorism. During a media briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman … Read more
India is keeping a close watch as China takes the lead to mediate in Afghanistan as the US prepares to withdraw from the landlocked nation. While China has earlier tried to broker peace and even hosted the Taliban in the past, this is the first time that the initiative has been made at the ministerial … Read more
Iran and China on Saturday signed a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement addressing economic issues amid crippling U.S. sanctions on Iran, state TV reported. The agreement dubbed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, covers a variety of economic activity from oil and mining to promoting industrial activity in Iran, as well as transportation and agricultural collaborations, according to … Read more
China’s foreign minister warned the Biden administration on Sunday to roll back former President Donald Trump‘s “dangerous practice” of showing support for Taiwan, the island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory. The Chinese claim to Taiwan, which split with the mainland in 1949, is an “insurmountable red line,” Wang Yi said at a news … Read more
BEIJING: China on Monday called for a reset of its troubled ties with the US under the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden to rebuild mutual trust and end months of hostility between the world’s two largest economies. President Donald Trump‘s four-years in power is regarded as the worst phase in US-China relations as the … Read more