The past week has been a flurry of not only state-level diplomacy but also party-to-party outreach, with President Xi Jinping receiving a series of leaders from the four remaining communist countries on a single day. Xi held meetings with leaders from Cuba, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam, all of whom attended Wednesday’s military parade in…
Top Southeast Asian leaders are expected to attend China’s military parade next month to commemorate the end of World War II, in what would be a show of Beijing’s growing influence in the region. Many countries are said to be sending more senior delegations than they did a decade ago, when the first such parade…
Hong Kong is seeking to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries, with the city leader meeting leaders from Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Friday morning local time in Lima also met representatives of countries including Chile, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia…