08 Mar 2022
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On Monday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi sat down with reporters for an honest-to-goodness, in-the-flesh press conference.
Predictably, journalists had Ukraine on the brain.
One asked whether China would play a greater role in mediating a peace between Russia and Ukraine, prompting Wang to respond...
April 17, 2024
Following his Tuesday meeting with Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spent some quality time with Premier Li Qiang. Li repeated many of Xi’s talking points on overcapacity (Gov.cn): “Having production moderately greater than demand is conducive to full market… Read More »
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China's legislature (NPCSC) is preparing to revise a law that underpins the country's agricultural economy. On Monday, the NPCSC kicked off a nationwide inspection of the implementation of the Agriculture Law – a law that defines and governs the entities… Read More »
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Xi Jinping is standing his ground against the EU. On Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Xi in Beijing after visiting Chongqing and Shanghai earlier this week. ICYDK: Scholz’s visit comes at a tense moment. The EU is pushing back… Read More »