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By Laurie Chen

The European Union’s top foreign policy official has warned that public sentiment in Europe could turn more protectionist if the bloc's trade deficit with China is not reduced

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China condemning the deadly Hamas attack on Israel issued during his visit to Beijing that included a lengthy meeting with President Xi Jinping

Pakistan's interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani will visit China to participate in the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation to be held in Tibet on October 4-5, according to a media report here. The Forum meeting is being held at Nyingchi in Tibet Autonomous Region, 400 km east of Lhasa and, north of and very near to Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district.

Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India Tuesday to discuss threats facing the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of concern at an increasingly assertive China. US Army chief Randy George said the region was «critically important», speaking to reporters alongside his Indian counterpart Manoj Pande, and vowed to boost cooperation to «maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific». Generals from Japan and Australia, which make up the «Quad» defence cooperation forum alongside Washington and New Delhi, also took part, as did Britain and France. As the generals met, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing would oppose the «wanton expansion of military alliances», the latest in a string of warnings as Washington deepens security ties in the Asia-Pacific. Beijing has long said that any effort to establish a NATO-like military alliance in the Asia-Pacific would provoke conflict. Nations present at the two-day conference in New Delhi included Vietnam and the Philippines, both of which have longstanding pending territorial disputes with China. The conference, which launched in 1999, brings together army chiefs and top officers from 30 countries. India's Pande said the region faced challenges on both land and at sea. «These range from territorial disputes over land masses, or in some cases, even over artificially expanded islands to acquire real estate and establish military bases,» Pande added, in an indirect reference to China. India has also had to balance its traditional alliance with Russia — the provider of most of its arms imports, and now a source of cut-price oil — with growing ties to Washington. «The partnership between India and the US armies is vital for

China is willing to play a «constructive» role in the success of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, its top diplomat said on Tuesday, after President Xi Jinping's absence at the annual Group of 20 summit in India. «As the world's largest developing country and an important member of APEC, China is willing to comply with the expectations of the international community and play a constructive role in the success of APEC this year,» said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Xi, with no official explanation, did not go to the G20 summit in New Delhi this month, with the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, attending in his place. That prompted the United States to say China was «giving up» on the G20 and was building an alternative world order. «Of course, we and all parties hope that the United States will recognise its responsibility as the host, demonstrate openness, fairness, inclusiveness, and responsibility, and create better conditions for the smooth holding of the meeting,» Wang said at a news conference, when asked whether Xi would attend APEC. Dialogue between China and the United States has been gradually resuming despite tensions between the two superpowers, especially over Taiwan.

G20 summit in Delhi on September 9th and 10th—an unprecedented absence. But on September 16th and 17th Wang Yi, who succeeded Mr Qin as foreign minister in late July, met America’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in Malta. According to Bloomberg, they discussed a possible meeting between Mr Xi and President Joe Biden at a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders scheduled for November in San Francisco.

SINGAPORE—China’s top diplomat was set to begin a four-day visit to Russia after a surprise stopover in Malta for weekend talks with White House officials, as Beijing lays the groundwork for separate meetings between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his U.S. and Russian counterparts.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit

Antonio Tajani travels to China this weekend, he'll be balancing two competing interests: laying the ground for Italy’s exit from a controversial investment pact with Beijing while also trying to avoid a rupture with the world's second-largest economy. During a three-day trip starting on Saturday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s deputy will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other officials to discuss the possibility of leaving the Belt and Road Initiative, an investment pact designed to deepen economic ties with allies. Just before boarding a plane to China, Tajani said that the 2019 agreement had fallen short of expectations. “Belt and Road was a decision made in the past,” Tajani told Francine Lacqua in a Bloomberg Television interview on Saturday at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Italy.

Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the sidelines of the Brics summit where they agreed on «expeditious disengagement and de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Thursday. »n his conversation with President Xi, the Prime Minister highlighted India's concerns over the unresolved issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector of the India-China border areas. Prime Minister (Modi) had interactions with other Brics leaders (as well)," Kwatra said. Modi told Xi that «maintenance of peace, tranquility in border areas and respecting LAC» are essential for the normalisation of India-China ties, Kwatra said. «Modi and Xi agreed to direct relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement, de-escalation,» Kwatra informed. Modi and Xi were seen having brief chat at the Brics meet on Thursday morning ahead of the announcement for Brics expansion.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday address the BRICS Business Forum in Johannesburg emphasised that India will become the growth engine for the world in the coming years and called for mutual trust and transparency in global supply chains. Key takeaway from the Summit could be a possible meeting between Modi and the Chinese President ahead of the G20 Summit here. Xi landed in Johannesburg a day before Modi amid speculation of their first meeting since 2019 in the backdrop of intense talks since last week to address differences along the Line of Actual Control and dialogue between the NSA Ajit K Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. A possible meeting between Modi and Xi could set the tone for the Chinese President’s visit here for the G20 summit on September 9-10. Modi has mentioned he will meet some leaders and BRICS invitees on the sidelines of the Summit including the leader of Iran. At his address at the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue in Johannesburg on Day 1 of the Summit Modi emphasised that India will soon become a five trillion USD economy and the growth engine for the world in the coming years. “Today, India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is likely to get help from its largest bilateral creditor China ahead of IMF's bailout plan. According to the PTI agency report, China has assured the island nation it will address the debt challenges before it finalises the external and domestic debt restructuring of $41 billion by September before the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is set to conduct its first review of the $2.9 billion bailout granted to Sri Lanka in March this year from 11-19 September.

Ajit K Doval and China's foreign minister Wang Yi are believed to be in touch over the disengagement of frontline troops at the two remaining points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and are said to be discussing the future of political engagement ahead of the Brics and G20 summits. Doval and Wang have been in communication over the unresolved issues along the LAC since their meeting last month in South Africa on the sidelines of the Brics Summit, ET has reliably learnt.

Lt Gen Rashim Bali, the Commander of the Leh-headquartered 14 Corps, while the Chinese team was led by the commander of the South Xinjiang military district. On April 23 talks too, the Indian side had emphasised for disengagement at Depsang and Demchok.

India on Monday pressed for early disengagement of troops in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh during a fresh round of high-level military talks with China, people familiar with the matter said. The Indian delegation at the 19th round of Corps Commander-level talks especially called for the resolution of issues in Depsang Plains and Demchok, they said. The talks took place at the Chushul-Moldo border point on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region.

India and China on Monday held a fresh round of military talks with a focus on disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh and ease overall tensions in the region. The 19th round of Corps Commander level dialogue took place at the Chushul-Moldo border point on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region, military sources said. The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over three-year confrontation in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks.

Corps Commander-level talks today, Monday, August 14. The talks will start at 9.30 am at the Chushul border meeting point in Eastern Ladakh today. The two countries have been in a military standoff for the last three years since May 2020.

PTI quoted a source as saying on 12 August. Around four months after the last edition of the military talks, the 19th round of Corps Commander-level dialogue is taking place on Monday to ease tensions in the region.

Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the border crisis during their brief meeting at the Bali Summit of the G20 in 2022. This came after the Chinese foreign ministry stated that the two leaders had reached a “consensus" to improve bilateral ties during their meeting on the sidelines of the Bali Summit in November. It made this claim in a press release detailing the particulars of the conversation between Indian NSA Ajit Doval and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Tuesday.

BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) should collaborate in the effort to list terrorists and their proxies under the UN counter-terrorism sanctions regime. However, NSA emphasized the importance of conducting this process without any involvement of politics or biased standards. In essence, he urged for a fair and impartial approach to counter-terrorism measures within the BRICS nations.