Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience
Analysts say the removal of Chinaโs foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinpingโs demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party.
China's sharp-tongued foreign minister is ousted, but his combative style is expected to continue
Chinaโs sharp-tongued foreign minister, Qin Gang, was something of an avatar for nationalist Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping, warning of โconflict and confrontationโ with the U_S_, the stakes of which could be the โfuture of humanity.โ.
China presses Dutch minister for access to chipmaking tech blocked on security grounds
Chinaโs foreign minister has pressed his Dutch counterpart for access to advanced chipmaking technology that has been blocked on security grounds and warned against allowing what he said were unfounded fears of Beijing to spoil relations.
China's FM holds talks in Philippines amid strained ties
Chinaโs foreign minister says his country is willing to work with the Philippines to resolve their differences, as tensions rise over Beijingโs behavior in the disputed South China Sea and Manilaโs deeping military cooperation with the U.S. Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks in Manila with his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo.
Japan FM to visit China as Tokyo imposes new export controls
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he will visit China this weekend for talks with his counterpart Qin Gang, becoming Japanโs first top diplomat to do so in more than three years amid growing friction between the two countries, including new Japanese export controls and the detention of a Japanese national in Beijing.
G20 talks end in India with no consensus on Ukraine war
Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations have ended a contentious meeting in New Delhi with no consensus on the Ukraine war, as discussions of the war and Chinaโs widening global influence dominated much of the talks.
East-West showdown looms at G-20 FMs meeting in India
Fractured East-West relations over Russiaโs war in Ukraine and increasing concerns about Chinaโs global aspirations are set to dominate what is expected to be a highly contentious meeting of foreign ministers from the worldโs largest industrialized and developing nations this week in India.