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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto yesterday wound up a visit to China, his first since taking office last month, signaling an intention to maintain good relations with Beijing in order to support his domestic economic agenda. During the November 8-10 trip, Prabowo met with high-ranking officials including President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and Zhao Leji, […]
Who knows what Donald Trump recalls of his first presidency or how much of what went on during those four years will inform the next. Thanks to lobbying by American businessmen in Vietnam and lobbyists paid by Hanoi, Trump was initially favorable toward Vietnam. Then-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was one of the first world […]
Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the United States’ 2024 presidential election, meaning the controversial ex-president will once again occupy the White House starting in 2025. U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific, who had a tumultuous time during Trump’s first term, were quick to respond with congratulations and insistence that bilateral relationships will be […]
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Freund Larus – nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative and professor emerita of political science and former […]
By AFP Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the junta and analysts say Beijing also maintains ties with some […]
The Myanmar military’s deterioration in the face of rapid gains by anti-junta fighters has alarmed China. (AFP pic) NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will travel to China this week to attend regional summits, state media said today, in the embattled top general’s first visit to the influential neighbouring nation since he seized power […]
In East Asia, a region rife with geopolitical tension and shifting alliances, the Vatican finds itself at a delicate crossroads between moral authority and realpolitik. On October 22, the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China renewed their landmark deal on the appointment of bishops for an additional four years, cementing a delicate, and fraught, […]
Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged boxes of sweets today to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali. (Indian army/AFP pic) NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops exchanged boxes of sweets today at two points on their contested high-altitude border, a week after the leaders of the Asian rivals held a rare meeting. China and India, the […]
Former Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan has replaced ex-premier Zhu Rongji as honorary chairman of a high-profile multinational academic board that serves as a key “track 1.5” diplomacy channel for Beijing. The advisory board of the Tsinghua University school of economics and management was founded by Zhu in the year 2000 to be a platform for […]
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called for united efforts with the Punjab province of India against what she explained described as the common enemy ‘smog,’ saying it is “not a political but a humanitarian issue.” In a reiteration of her previous statement to initiate “climate diplomacy” with India, Punjab Chief […]