https://www.scmp.com/rss/328968/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With reports claiming that Bashar al-Assad’s regime has recaptured more than 90 per cent of Syria and the announcement of a joint Russia-Turkey demilitarisation zone in Idlib – ostensibly neutralising the conflict’s final frontier – it appears as though the war may formally soon end. And with that comes a need for post-conflict reconstruction, which the World Bank estimates will cost nearly US$400 billion, a sum too big for a single partner. Recent international trade fairs have demonstrated... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2168482/why-end-war-syria-gives-china-opportunity-extend-its-influence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2168482/why-end-war-syria-gives-china-opportunity-extend-its-influence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:30:57 +0000