With the ongoing trade friction between China and the United States, the Port of Los Angeles has added its voice to those calling for a negotiated settlement rather than imposing tariffs, believing the latter could halt the port’s booming business built up over the past two fiscal years.
Since 1974, a sort of mythology has grown up around how Malaysia’s current strong relations with China began to take shape in that year, when Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak became the first ASEAN leader to normalize relations with it.
While still a work in progress, FOCAC, with leaders of its members gathering in Beijing this September for the Third Summit, will offer a milestone in the life of the organization.
China has always placed ASEAN squarely on the first page of its foreign cooperation agenda, regarding ASEAN as a priority in its foreign policy and a key region for the development of the Belt and Road Initiative.
As one of the major persistent global issues, poverty is a common challenge for humanity. China, once home to the world’s largest poverty-stricken population, was one of the first countries in the world to introduce state assistance measures.
China Today interviewed several foreign diplomats who attended and observed the meeting regarding their views on the government work report and China’s achievements over the past 40 years since reform and opening-up.
As Central Asian countries actively integrate their national strategies with the Belt and Road Initiative, some Western media are misinterpreting and even censuring the initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative is a new international public good provided by China to the whole world and an important conduit for China to promote building a community with a shared future for mankind in the new era, demonstrating China’s key contributions to global peace, development, and win-win cooperation.
The two sessions take place following the decisions and action plan adopted at the 19th CPC National Congress. It is good for China also for the rest of World.