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Laura Zhou
Laura Zhou
Senior Correspondent, China
Laura Zhou joined the Post's Beijing bureau in 2010. She covers China's diplomatic relations and has reported on topics such as Sino-US relations, China-India disputes, and reactions to the North Korea nuclear crisis, as well as other general news.

‘Avoiding an escalation’ will be Beijing’s priority as it seeks to wear out Manila’s patience and eventually compel it to accept China’s terms, observers say.

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Li Qiang tells NPC legislators China ‘will remain firm in opposing all hegemonic, high-handed and bullying acts’ as Ministry of Finance proposes boosting diplomacy spending 6.6 per cent to US$8.4 billion for 2024.

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Stop spreading the China threat theory, Chinese embassy says in response to Jose Manuel Romualdez’s warning that Philippine exports to China could be in danger as maritime tensions rise.

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Li Hui made his first visit to promote Beijing’s plans for a negotiated settlement last year, but later admitted it had made no immediate progress

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In video-link meeting with US representative Jung Pak, China’s envoy Liu Xiaoming says stable peninsula is in the interests of the region and the world.

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Use of non-dollar currencies, increased trade with ‘friendly’ partners and capital flight controls help Moscow avoid economic crash, offering ‘important lessons’ for China, says Ding Yifan.

Beijing will lift a 24-year-old ban on imports of beef from Spain, which Chinese foreign minister calls ‘good news, especially for Spanish farmers’. After talks with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares, Wang says the two sides agreed to expand cooperation in new areas.

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Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui also tells Sputnik news service that the Russian leader’s visit to China ‘will definitely be a success’.

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Range of amphibious landing and logistics skills key to any major Taiwan attack may only come in the mid-2030s, retired US Navy intelligence officer J. Michael Dahm writes.

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Ambassador Pavlo Riabikin said Kyiv was willing to boost cooperation with Beijing in meeting with Chinese foreign vice-minister. China and Russia held talks in Moscow the same day, exchanging views on strategic cooperation, Brics and other international and regional issues.

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With more than 60 countries heading to the polls – including the US, Russia and India – expect a ‘new phase in the geopolitical game’, according to Chinese think tank.

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The number of students from South Korea at Chinese universities and language institutes last year fell to less than a quarter of its peak of 73,240 in 2017, amid Seoul’s closer ties to Washington and a decline in China’s image among South Korean youth.

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All eyes will be on Beijing’s reaction to the victory of someone it sees as a hardcore separatist and the issue threatens to further cloud relations with the US.

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Baerbock said during a visit to the Philippines that Beijing was violating Manila’s ‘rights and economic development opportunities’ in the disputed waters.

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