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President Xi meets Pak PM Kakar, seeks ‘effective measures’ for Chinese personnel working for CPEC projects

October 20, 2023 admin

Xi assured Kakkar that China will continue to support Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed to upgrade the USD 60 billion CPEC during a meeting with Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar here but sought “effective measures” to ensure security…

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European Delegates Walk Out As Vladimir Putin Starts Speaking At China Summit

October 19, 2023 admin

This was Vladimir Putin’s second visit to China since the start of the Ukraine war. China organised its biggest diplomatic event this week – a summit to celebrate the belt and road (BRI) project, a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project. President Xi Jinping opened the ceremony in the presence of several world leaders and more than 1,000…

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How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts

October 18, 2023 admin

China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted…

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Putin’s visit to Beijing underscores China’s economic and diplomatic support for Russia

October 16, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. Russian President Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s…

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China Wants To Be Global Player, But Response To Hamas Exposes Its Limits

October 10, 2023 admin

Beijing knows it has limited ability to influence Israel. Chinese leader Xi Jinping spent the first part of this year seeking to play global peacemaker, proposing a cease-fire in Ukraine and helping long-time rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran reach a diplomatic truce. Yet his government’s reaction to the Israel-Hamas conflict is exposing the limits of…

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Xi Jinping tells top senator U.S.-China relations impact ‘destiny of mankind’

October 9, 2023 admin

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China-U.S. ties would impact the “destiny of mankind”, as he met with a group of American senators in Beijing. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the latest high-level American official to go to China as Washington seeks to ease tensions with Beijing, leading a six-person delegation. “How…

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Chinese President Xi vows to deepen ties with Maldives; congratulates Muizzu on his election as President

October 3, 2023 admin

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to deepen bilateral ties with the Maldives as he congratulated President-elect Mohamed Muizzu, whose party campaigned for forging close ties with Beijing. Mr. Muizzu, from the People’s National Congress and a close associate of former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen who forged close ties with China during his Presidency…

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Xi Jinping’s Assurance To Nepal: From Landlocked To Land-Linked

September 23, 2023 admin

Xi met Prachanda on the sidelines of the Hangzhou Asian Games in eastern China. Hangzhou: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to help Nepal transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked nation by facilitating infrastructure connectivity and transit transportation cooperation as he met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Xi met Prachanda…

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United States and China launch economic and financial working groups with aim of easing tensions

September 22, 2023 admin

Janet Yellen, United States Secretary of Treasury. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations. Led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng, the working groups…

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Putin and Xi to meet in Beijing in October, Russia says

September 19, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing in October for talks with China’s Xi Jinping, Interfax cited Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, as saying on Tuesday. “In October, we look forward to thorough bilateral talks between Russian…

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