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East Asia
China, Pacific island countries to jointly work for better future
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a collective meeting with leaders of the Pacific island countries having diplomatic ties with China in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Nov.16. Xi presided over the meeting and delivered a keynote speech, proposing suggestions on the development of China’s relations with Pacific island…
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East Asia
China, Brunei hold exchange activity to boost cooperation
About 80 politicians, businessmen, scholars and reporters shared stories of China-Brunei friendship at a cultural exchange activity held in Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan on Nov. 15, revealing the profound friendship between China and Brunei. The Maritime Silk Road is a witness to the inseparable relations between China and Brunei,…
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East Asia
China-Pacific island countries’ medical cooperation yields fruitful results
Through various forms of medical cooperation, batches of Chinese medical teams have become the guardians of the people in Pacific island countries such as Papua New Guinea (PNG), Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu, writing memorable stories of friendship between China and these countries. China sent the first medical team to PNG…
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East Asia
China, FSM are partners share the same future: Ambassador
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Port Moresby for a state visit to Papua New Guinea and is scheduled to attend the 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and meet with leaders of Pacific island countries that have established diplomatic relations with China. The meeting between President Xi and leaders…
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East Asia
Belt and Road Initiative benefits Chinese, foreign companies: executives
Both Chinese and foreign companies have reaped tangible benefits from a series of cooperation launched under the Belt and Road Initiative, in terms of business growth, market expansion and brand reputation, a number of company executives said on Nov. 15th. They said so when talking about their engagement in the…
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East Asia
Senior Korean diplomat found unconscious with brain bleed in Singapore
One of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s key staffers has collapsed with an apparent brain bleed while the president and state executives were in Singapore for this year’s annual ASEAN Summit. Moon broke the news on Friday. He said Kim Eun-young, the director-general of the South Asia and Pacific Foreign…
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East Asia
Turning to Religion: Indonesia’s Widodo Plays the Islamic Card
Back in late 2009, a former military colleague of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was asked whether Indonesia would see the emergence of a new and more dynamic leader now that Yudhoyono was entering a second and mandated final term with nothing to lose and the economy riding the crest…
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South East Asia
Singapore and Populism
A newspaper columnist who deigned to lecture government ministers for speaking over the head of common folk was, in turn, chided for appealing to populism that is anathema to the ruling People’s Action Party, as it smacks of politics of free lunches. “Ministers, please speak plainly to people” was the…
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East Asia
Summit Misdirection: Trump’s North Korea Ploy to Tackle Iran
US President Donald Trump’s summit meeting on North Korea’s nuclear weapons and his administration’s reversal of the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran negotiated under former President Barack Obama are being treated as separate matters. In this article, I suggest that the two events are related. Trump cares far more about…
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East Asia
Books to Read
Along with the last decade’s global trend of liberal retreat and authoritarian ascent, and as authoritarian states — China and Russia in particular — vigorously try to expand their influence across the globe, a new notion of “sharp power” has recently begun to attract attention. This refers to the ability…
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