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China ruling party leaders pass historic Xi resolution
AFP, Published on 11/11/2021
» BEIJING: Top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting in Beijing by passing an important resolution on the country's past, state media said Thursday, which is expected to cement President Xi Jinping's grip on power.
China and Myanmar launch new era of relations
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 17/01/2020
» China's president Xi Jingping will today kick off a two-day state visit to Myanmar which is likely to set the course of their future bilateral relations. While the visit is highly significant for Beijing, Myanmar is more hesitant, fearing it is becoming over-dependent on its northern neighbour, according to analysts and diplomats. But the visit certainly is a public endorsement of the special relationship that has formed between the two countries, and may herald a new era of strengthened relationship.
Giants vie for influence in Myanmar
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 04/11/2019
» Behind the scenes of this year's Asean and East Asian summits, currently taking place in Bangkok, the region's key nations -- China, India and Japan -- are engaged in a quiet battle for greater influence in Myanmar. While on the sidelines, the countries of Asean, especially Thailand, as the current chair of the regional organisation, are offering qualified support for its problematic ally, largely behind the scenes.
Planned Rohingya repatriation stalled
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/08/2019
» The repatriation of some 3,000 Muslim refugees back to Myanmar, who have been in camps in Bangladesh for nearly two years, is due to start today. But widespread fear and confusion in the camps, according to sources in Cox's Bazar -- currently home to nearly a million Rohingyas who have fled excessive violence at the hands of the Tatmadaw, or Myanmar army -- have left the repatriation plans in limbo.
G-20 leaders wary of trade war sapping growth
Kyodo News, Published on 28/06/2019
» OSAKA: Many leaders of the Group of 20 leading economies on Friday expressed concerns over an escalating trade war between the United States and China, identifying it as a major downside risk to the global economy, along with geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
Trump: US-China trade talks 'going well'
Published on 31/01/2019
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was upbeat on Thursday about high-level trade talks with Chinese officials in Washington but said no final deal would be made until he meets with Chinese President Xi Jingping.
The significance of Asean's retreats
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 15/01/2019
» Asean's foreign ministers will meet for the first time under Thailand's chairmanship in Chiang Mai on Thursday and Friday.
Trump joins Canada, Mexico leaders to sign new trade pact
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: President Donald Trump joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico at a global meeting in Argentina on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact that he called "groundbreaking" and a benefit for "working people."
Xi's risky gamble to reshape China
Published on 25/10/2017
» Xi Jinping emerged from China’s big political reshuffle with more power than any leader in decades. How will he use it?
China warns kids against classroom graft
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/05/2017
» BEIJING -- The People’s Daily called on schools to snuff out the “minor corruption committed by pupils” in what would be an expansion of President Xi Jinping’s four-year-old anti-graft campaign into a new area.