05 Jan 2024
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China and North Korea want to make 2024 their year.
On Monday, Xi Jinping exchanged new year’s greetings with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.
The pair kicked off the year with a bang, jointly declaring 2024 the China-DPRK Friendship Year, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of dipl...
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On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for his first foreign visit since being…uh…reelected. We’ll have more to say about his meetings with Xi Jinping once the readouts emerge. Prior to his arrival, Putin subjected Xinhua to the… Read More »
May 16, 2024
State media are throwing their weight behind a new approach to food security. Since Saturday, we've noted more than a half-dozen unique articles in China's most prominent Party-state publications calling to adopt a "broad concept of food." ICYDK: Beijing's food… Read More »