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Zhenhua Lu
Zhenhua Lu
Hong Kong
@luchenhwa
Reporter, China
Zhenhua Lu worked at the Post from 2017 until 2019 as US correspondent covering US-China relations on diplomacy, security and trade. After six years' working overseas in Brussels and Washington DC, he is now based in Hong Kong and writes about China foreign policy. He has master's in international journalism.

Second regiment set of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems is en route to China, Russian government source says – despite Chinese military being placed under US sanctions.

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Official who made headlines when he said the Hong Kong handover deal with Britain was now void will take over as head of North America and Oceania office.

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Beijing’s arms control chief appeals for calm and says there is no need to overreact over Tehran’s decision to violate limits on uranium enrichment

Deadlock makes status quo likely for the rest of the year, Max Baucus says – but Beijing and Washington have incentive to strike a deal because they ‘probably need each other’.

The Chinese maritime safety agency says it has closed an area of the South China Sea for a five-day military exercise, while US official tells NBC that ‘concerning’ missile testing is taking place during the same period.

Report says lines between civilian and military are being blurred, citing use of ‘navy reservists’ to crew fishing vessels used to assert control over territory.

Security analysts sceptical that US president would really pull plug on long-standing alliance and suggest it may be a ploy to extract concessions from Tokyo.

China and Russia will both shun the event after Palestinian Authority complains US president’s pro-Israel policies are undermining a two-state solution.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says relations with Russia are ‘not vulnerable to interference’ as he meets counterpart Sergei Lavrov and the Russian president a day before the US’ talks in Sochi.

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Assistant secretary of state Kimberly Breier says China’s growing influence in region is ‘eroding good governance and challenging state security’