
Putin Calls Russia-China Ties ‘Unprecedented’
Amid heightened diplomatic activity, Russia and China emphasize their expanding cooperation on the global stage.

Amid heightened diplomatic activity, Russia and China emphasize their expanding cooperation on the global stage.

Beijing said on Wednesday its military had tracked and “expelled” a U.S. destroyer in the South China Sea.

At the opening of the EU-China Summit on Thursday, the Chinese president stated that “there are no fundamental conflicts of interest” between China and the EU.”

The Chinese are upset that two of their banks were included in new EU sanctions on Russia, just before an EU-China summit in Beijing.

The EU’s leaders will head to Beijing on Thursday.
The Chinese government says it has always asked its citizens to stay away from areas of armed conflict.
Beijing accused Washington of “pressure, threats, and blackmail.”

China accused the U.S. and Taiwan of seriously violating the one-China principle.

The World Bank said further “corrective action” could be taken against Uganda.

Police official Steve Li admitted that while the chances of prosecution were slim as long as the defendants remained abroad, Hong Kong authorities “won’t stop wanting them.”