https://www.scmp.com/rss/515505/feed Laetitia Tran Ngoc is a consultant specialising in government communications, with extensive experience in advising diplomatic institutions in their strategic relationship with the European Union. She previously worked as a research officer at the Embassy of Ethiopia in Brussels and at the Taipei Representative Office to the EU and Belgium. She is a graduate of the Free University of Brussels, where she received a master’s degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in Chinese... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expected to travel to Beijing soon for a visit likely to include both gratitude and grievance, given China’s deep engagement in the central African country’s mining of critical minerals. Félix Tshisekedi’s trip to Beijing, expected to take place late this month, has not yet been made official, and his foreign policy adviser said a state visit was still being discussed with the DRC’s Chinese counterparts. Tshisekedi has called for an... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3220265/mineral-rich-central-africa-becomes-focal-point-us-china-tug-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3220265/mineral-rich-central-africa-becomes-focal-point-us-china-tug-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 May 2023 19:06:39 +0000