Xi Jinping

China is backing Palestinian statehood in a 2-state solution with Israel, based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capitol. In the past, Israel rejected the plan. Saudi Arabia said that normalization with Israel can only happen if the Palestinians get their own state.

This week’s News on China. • US calls China “aggressive” • Suez Canal investments • Multinational pharmaceuticals in China • History of bicycles in China

The G7 has recently wound up its meeting in Hiroshima, and the participants joined to affirm their fear of the Threat of China. British media reported that prime minister Rishi Sunak said: “China poses the biggest challenge to global security and prosperity of our age with the ‘means and intent to reshape the world order’.” The […]

The national flags of China and Iran fly in Tiananmen Square during Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi’s visit to Beijing, China, February 14, 2023. (Photo by Reuters) The key takeaway of President Ebrahim Raeisi’s state visit to Beijing goes way beyond the signing of 20 bilateral cooperation agreements. This is a crucial inflexion point in an […]
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Balqis Al Rashed (Saudi Arabia), Cities of Salt, 2017. On 9 December, China’s President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss deepening ties between the Gulf countries and China. At the top of the agenda was increased trade between China and the GCC, with […]
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As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to lead a large delegation to meet with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on December 9, Western media conveys a sense of dread.
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Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social media sensation. Xi, assertive if not domineering, lectured the visibly apprehensive Trudeau about the etiquette of diplomacy. This exchange can be considered another watershed […]

For the West, the re-rise of China is problematic, not because of its human rights record but because of its growing share of the global economy.
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U.S. President Joe Biden apparently sought to lower tensions with China this week when he promised Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Washington was “not seeking a new Cold War” with Beijing. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia. It was their first face-to-face meeting since Biden took office in […]
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Voici un résumé par NPR (National Public radio) des points clés tirés du discours de Xi Jinping. Pékin, Chine – Le président chinois Xi Jinping a prononcé un discours de près de deux heures lors du congrès du Parti communiste, donnant le coup d’envoi du prolongement de son autorité pendant une deuxième décennie. Plus de […]