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China Briefing Wang Xiangwei

China has much to learn from Israel and Jewish diaspora about soft power

20 Oct 2018 - 7:24pm 52

Abacus Tom Holland

Khashoggi killing could drive Saudi Arabia into China’s arms

20 Oct 2018 - 9:52am 14

Asian Angle Victor Kattan

Australia could risk a boomerang effect over Jerusalem

19 Oct 2018 - 7:36am 3

On Reflection Collin Koh

Is war the endgame in the South China Sea?

6 Oct 2018 - 11:58am 126

More on China-US relations

Letters

How China could end the trade war by easing other countries’ fears

24 Oct, 6:52am 4

Diplomacy

Ambiguity of Chinese words sparks charges of distortion in US-China row

24 Oct, 6:32am 34

United States

Forget the trade war, what the region needs is a US-China military treaty

24 Oct, 1:59pm 11

Military

Pulling out of arms pact adds to US options to ‘erode Chinese advantage’

24 Oct, 9:43am 108

China

US trade deficit with China costs millions of American jobs, report finds

24 Oct, 4:16am 61

More on China-Vatican relations

East Asia

Pope ‘will visit North Korea if invited’ – but not Taiwan

19 Oct, 11:18pm 8

Politics

China bishops on historic Vatican visit invite pope to Beijing

16 Oct, 8:10pm 3

Politics

Taiwan invites Pope to visit in wake of China-Vatican deal

15 Oct, 10:45pm 7

Opinion

The complex history of the Catholic Church in China

4 Oct, 12:28pm 3

Diplomacy

Taiwan accuses Beijing of trying to make it ‘irrelevant’ with Vatican deal

3 Oct, 3:19pm 15

Opinion

Pope’s pact with Beijing just the start of the battle for influence

2 Oct, 7:38pm 6

Politics

Chinese Catholic bishops to attend Vatican synod for first time

2 Oct, 10:49pm 1

More on China-Africa relations

United States

With belt and road, China seeks to extend benefits of its great development

10 Oct, 6:43am 6

Tech

China’s self-sufficiency push sees surfeit of worthless patents

8 Oct, 2:39pm 2

United States

Why fears of China’s neocolonialism in Africa ring false

25 Sep, 7:06am 5

Post Magazine

‘We are the drivers of the world’: educators in Uganda learn Chinese

23 Sep, 3:40pm 5

Diplomacy

Fears in Zambia of huge debt bust from China-fuelled building boom

23 Sep, 11:16pm 9

China

Chinese gangs’ abalone demand depletes South Africa’s supply, report says

20 Sep, 9:13pm 10

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom. Photo: AP

Moon’s outreach to Pyongyang stirs political opposition at home

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday formally confirmed his recent reconciliation deals with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, triggering immediate backlash from conservatives who called him “self-righteous” and “subservient” to the North.

24 Oct 2018 - 11:31am 2 More on Korean peninsula

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Singapore. Photo: TNS

North Korea’s human rights violations continue, UN expert says

24 Oct 2018 - 9:20am 2

The disputed islets called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese. Photo: Xinhua

Japan-South Korea ties: on the rocks over Pyongyang?

24 Oct 2018 - 7:16am 2

Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan is set to visit Israel this week. Photo: AFP

China has much to learn from Israel and Jewish diaspora about soft power

20 Oct 2018 - 7:24pm 52

Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s prime-minister-in-waiting, is set to visit China next week. Photo: AP

Anwar to emphasise bilateral ties and Uygur rights on China

19 Oct 2018 - 8:45pm 7

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: AP

Has MBS, emboldened by Trump, overplayed his hand?

23 Oct 2018 - 11:59am 18

Rules designed to reduce risk of accidents over disputed waters agreed at defence ministers’ meeting in Singapore
Washington and Beijing urged to adopt similar guidelines

Air forces urged to sign South China Sea code of conduct

19 Oct 2018 - 11:30pm 27

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: AP

Intelligence meetings may be paving the way for Abe-Kim summit

19 Oct 2018 - 12:43pm

In following Trump and suggesting Canberra will recognise the city as the capital of Israel, PM Scott Morrison is risking overseas trade with the Muslim world for domestic Jewish votes he does not need

Australia could risk a boomerang effect over Jerusalem

19 Oct 2018 - 7:36am 3

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Dispute over no-fly zone reveals cracks in South Korea-US alliance

18 Oct 2018 - 9:55pm 7

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook attend mass for peace on the Korean peninsula. Photo: EPA

Moon promises peace with Pyongyang ahead of meeting with pope

18 Oct 2018 - 12:42pm 3

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Trump to appoint Air Force veteran to senior Asian diplomatic role

18 Oct 2018 - 9:55pm 1

After decades of estrangement, Beijing is extending the hand of friendship to the tiny Himalayan kingdom

China woos Bhutan, at the expense of rival India

17 Oct 2018 - 4:03pm 4

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: AP

North Korea accuses US of playing ‘double game’ over sanctions

16 Oct 2018 - 10:31pm 1

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Reuters

Will Australia follow Trump’s lead by moving its embassy in Israel?

16 Oct 2018 - 10:33pm 3

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from right, holding talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 12. Photo: Kyodo

Japan’s Abe to make rare China visit this month

12 Oct 2018 - 8:24pm

Moon Jae-in, right, walks with Kim Jong -un during their summit in North Korea last month. Photo: AP

Pyongyang plans to abolish all nuclear weapons, says South Korea

12 Oct 2018 - 6:42pm 1

Obama had billed the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a chance for the US to write the rules of trade in the world’s fastest-growing region – while also curtailing China’s influence

How Trump’s TPP trade deal withdrawal hit Vietnam democracy push

17 Oct 2018 - 2:48pm 5

The Philippine government is poised to award a contract to rebuild the city of Marawi to a Chinese state-owned firm but has emphasised there is no risk of falling prey to a ‘debt trap’

As US-China trade war intensifies, Philippines seeks to balance ties

12 Oct 2018 - 7:30pm 4

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Photo: EPA

Trump insists Seoul will not lift sanctions on Pyongyang

11 Oct 2018 - 10:17am 4

(left to right): Moderator Chua Kong-ho, the Post’s technology editor; Khailee Ng, 500 Startups managing partner; Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group executive vice-chairman and the Post’s chairman; Ming Maa, Grab president; and Thomas Tsao, Gobi Partners founding partner, at the China in Southeast Asia forum (China Conference) on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Why the US trade war against China is bound to fail

12 Oct 2018 - 2:41pm 69

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Photo: Xinhua

South Korea resumes supplying water to border town in the North

10 Oct 2018 - 11:38am

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: AFP

Trump forecasts second summit with Kim after November midterms

10 Oct 2018 - 9:54pm 1

Pope Francis. Photo: Reuters

Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to visit North Korea

9 Oct 2018 - 10:10pm

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Photo: EPA

‘Trump sends his regards’: Pompeo hails progress with Kim

7 Oct 2018 - 11:21pm 6

The US secretary of state met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on the eve of the American’s fourth visit to North Korea

Pompeo seeks to reassure a wary Japan over North Korea negotiations

7 Oct 2018 - 7:40am

The confrontation between the USS Decatur, left, and PRC Warship 170 in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout

America’s message: time to pick sides in the South China Sea

7 Oct 2018 - 8:20pm 206

US and South Korean soldiers take part in a joint military exercise in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP

War-end declaration could divide US, South Korea: UN general

6 Oct 2018 - 10:16pm 11

A close encounter between a Chinese destroyer and the USS Decatur may have been an attempt by Beijing to keep tensions from crossing into an outright armed confrontation for which neither side is ready

Is war the endgame in the South China Sea?

6 Oct 2018 - 11:58am 126