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China rallies neighbours against Japan in rare meeting. Will it work?
Beijing summons Southeast Asian envoys and invokes Japan’s WWII history, but campaign to isolate Tokyo gains little traction.
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China achieves tamper-proof quantum communication over 100km with single atoms
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Washington says the Forge initiative is about securing supply chains against shocks and price coercion, not building an exclusive bloc.
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Why Vilnius rues the Taiwan de facto embassy row with Beijing
Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene says the world did not ‘appreciate’ her country’s decision and Lithuania should put its own interests first.
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