China and Burma, which share a 1,500-mile border, have a complicated relationship. In Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative, Burma is strategically important as an important shipping route connecting the Indian Ocean and China's Yunnan province, thus avoiding the Strait of Malacca. Beijing not only supports Burma's current military regime, which came to power in a coup in
The maritime dispute between China and Philippines has been escalating in recent months, and on December 3, 2023, the tensions between the two countries raised alarm bells again. In the latest development, Manila said it was "alarming" to see that 135 Chinese maritime militia vessels had appeared near the disputed Whitsun Reef, which China calls the Niu'e Reef, in the South
Starting on June 25, 2023, Qin Gang, who had been serving as China's foreign minister for the previous seven months, disappeared from the public eye, even missing several important diplomatic activities. This disappearance triggered outside speculation, and in mid-July, rumors began to spread that Qin's disappearance was related to the birth of his child; the mother is Fu
On December 7, 2022, as the "White Paper Protests" across China ended, Xi Jinping flew to Riyadh and attended the first China-Arab States Summit and the first China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit.