Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping greet each other in Tianjin, China

    China takes veiled swipe at US for ‘bullying the small and weak’

    China took a veiled swipe at the US for “bullying the small and weak” in a new white paper laying out its global governance strategy. Without explicitly naming Washington, Beijing was probably speaking about the US when it criticised countries acting out of self-interest in the white paper, officially titled “More Just and Equitable Global…

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    Opinion | How national security and ‘one country, two systems’ go hand in hand

      Opinion | How national security and ‘one country, two systems’ go hand in hand

      On February 10, China’s State Council Information Office released a white paper titled “Hong Kong: Safeguarding China’s National Security Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems”. This is the third white paper issued by the Chinese central government on Hong Kong-related affairs since 2014. It reviews Hong Kong’s efforts in safeguarding national security, elaborates…

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