China diplomacy

Taiwan, US enter ‘harder’ phase of trade talks as mainland China bristles

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In “brief but busy” sessions this week, the two sides discussed labour rights, the promotion of “green enterprises”, agricultural laws and food safety, the Taiwanese team said in a statement on Friday, adding the two sides “increased mutual understanding”. Reaching an agreement on the second phase will be harder than negotiations for the firstDenny Roy … Read more

A Chinese official meets North Korean leader Kim in Pyongyang in highest-level talks in years

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BEIJING: A top ranking official Chinese official reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting Saturday with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un in the capital Pyongyang, China’s state media reported, in the highest-level talks between the allies in years. The visit by Zhao Leji, who ranks third in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy and … Read more

Opinion | China, faced with a hostile West, should make the Global South a foreign policy priority

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Mao’s theory guided China to leverage global political mobility and manoeuvrability by aligning itself strategically with the political struggle of the third world nations. Faced with the threat of exclusion from a US-led world economy, China had to seek alternative power sources for legitimacy and survival. Perceiving itself as the leader of third-world revolutionary movements, … Read more