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Xi's favourite general trips up over Taiwan
News, Peter Apps, Published on 10/06/2019
» As the head of Beijing's strategic nuclear forces and its fastest rising general, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe had a reputation for "doing more and saying less". It was a methodical, determined approach that made him a clear favourite of President Xi Jinping, placing him at the heart of China's remarkable military revolution and its efforts to dominate the region.
Trump's brave new world of Twitter diplomacy
News, Peter Apps, Published on 08/12/2016
» When it comes to managing relations with China, Donald Trump is tearing up the rulebook. First by using Twitter to announce his telephone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and then in his Sunday afternoon complaints over Beijing's economic and military policy.