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Wang Yi

Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, became the first Chinese diplomat in decades to sit on the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, the party’s now 24-men decision making body. Wang has been the face of China’s evolving foreign policy under President Xi Jinping since 2013.

Born

19 Oct 1953

Industry

Politics

Job Title

Minister of Foreign Affairs, China

Hong Kong

Letters | For Hong Kong’s mediation body to be on par with The Hague, more must be done

Readers discuss Hong Kong’s opportunity to cement its international status, the meaning of ‘like-minded’, the city’s long-term fiscal planning, and civil service exams.

8 Jul 2025 - 11:30AM

China-EU relations

Why France is toasting China’s new tariff on European brandy

7 Jul 2025 - 10:43AMvideocam

China-EU relations

China, EU near EV tariff deal, state media says, refutes ‘trade diversion’ fears

5 Jul 2025 - 8:24PMvideocam

China-Middle East relations

China’s Wang Yi urges new international deal on Iran after US, Israeli attacks

The top diplomat also warns of potential ‘nuclear disaster’, saying strikes on Iranian facilities set ‘bad precedent’.

5 Jul 2025 - 5:33PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is currently on a European tour, addresses journalists in Paris, France on Friday. Photo: EPA

SCMP Highlights

China on Ukraine war, US-Vietnam trade deal in spotlight: SCMP daily highlights

From Wang Yi’s comments on war between Russia and Ukraine to anti-dumping tariffs on European brandy, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

4 Jul 2025 - 9:15PM

US-China relations

US stance on Taiwan crucial to possible Trump-Xi summit: expert

With a potential opening for a China visit by the US president, success will hinge on removing US ambiguity over Taiwan, scholar says.

4 Jul 2025 - 9:15PMvideocam

China-EU relations

Rare earth exports should never come between us, China’s Wang Yi tells Europe

China’s foreign minister tells news conference in Germany that Chinese authorities have a ‘fast-track channel’ for European companies.

4 Jul 2025 - 8:48PMvideocam

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands at the end of their joint press conference in Berlin. Photo: dpa

US-China trade war

US-China trade tensions, Li replaces Xi at Brics and more

This week: US and China lower export controls, Xi Jinping reiterates call for ‘unified national market’, Wang Yi says China doesn’t want Russia defeat. Next week: Li attends Brics summit, China CPI may show deflation end, Taiwan military drills.

4 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM

China-EU relations

As China, EU eye warm ties, Brussels aims to protect its manufacturing base

Experts say a key factor determining the dynamics between Brussels and Beijing is Europe’s underlying concern over China’s threat to the EU’s manufacturing prowess.

4 Jul 2025 - 4:00PM

China-EU relations

Exclusive | China tells EU it does not want to see Russia lose its war in Ukraine: sources

Wang Yi speaks of concern that US could shift whole focus in China’s direction in talks with top EU diplomat Beijing.

4 Jul 2025 - 4:28PMvideocam

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A soldier of Ukraine’s 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade prepares to fires a rocket launcher toward Russian positions at the front line in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Thursday. Photo: AP

SCMP Highlights

Armenia seeks deeper Chinese ties, Apple’s China story: SCMP daily highlights

From China’s hydropower breakthrough in Tibet to questions over Brics’ effectiveness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

3 Jul 2025 - 9:15PM

A new book suggests Apple Inc helped build China’s dominance in electronics only to find itself trapped by an authoritarian state. Image: Shutterstock

China-EU relations

Europe has many challenges but none come from China, Wang Yi tells EU

Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas urges concrete solutions to rebalance economic ties and calls on China to end restrictions on rare earth exports.

3 Jul 2025 - 4:44PMvideocam

China-EU relations

Wang Yi’s Brussels visit lays bare EU-China rifts on Ukraine, trade

Chinese foreign minister, European leaders discuss agenda for planned July 24-25 summit in Beijing and Hefei.

3 Jul 2025 - 2:29PM

China-EU relations

The EU-China reset that never was: summits begin but divisions remain

After much talk of patching things up, a grand rapprochement has failed to materialise, with Beijing seen to be playing a ‘waiting game’.

2 Jul 2025 - 1:22PMvideocam

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold talks in Brussels on Wednesday before heading to Paris and Berlin. Photo: AFP

China-EU relations

After Nato chaos, ‘irrelevant’ Europe shambles towards China summit

Muddled plans and pandering to Trump left Europe looking like a much less serious global player, observers say.

29 Jun 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

A series of summits has thrust Europe’s weakness on global affairs into the spotlight ahead of a bout of engagement with China. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

Why China may be keeping a close eye as Trump gets drawn into the Middle East

China may gain in long term as Iran strikes reveal US retreat from stable leadership, but ‘sudden’ move from Beijing unlikely, analyst says.

29 Jun 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

US-China trade war

US-China trade breakthrough, Quad meeting in Washington and more

This week: US, China announce trade breakthrough and China’s premier opposes protectionism, Texas bans Chinese citizens from buying property. Next week: China reveals June factory activity, foreign ministers of US and key Indo-Pacific allies meet.

27 Jun 2025 - 5:42PM

China-Africa relations

Opinion | Why Egypt is welcoming China with open arms instead of the US

Beijing offers not only the expertise needed for economic growth but also an equal partnership – delivering results without imposing conditions.

27 Jun 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Pedestrians pass through the central business district of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, east of Cairo, on October 21, 2024. Chinese lenders provided 85 per cent of the funding for the new district’s construction. Photo: Xinhua

Japan

My Take | Who are these ‘like-minded countries’ politicians are talking about?

Once used to describe ‘the West’, the term has seen expanded usage recently.

27 Jun 2025 - 10:30AM

China-EU relations

Rare earths, Taiwan discussed as Wang Yi meets EU envoys at Polish embassy

Gathering comes ahead of European leaders’ summit in Beijing with President Xi Jinping to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties.

26 Jun 2025 - 10:10PMvideocam

Brics

Exclusive | In a first, Xi will miss Brics in Rio as Li leads China delegation: sources

Post learns mainland interlocutors cite his having met with Brazil’s leader twice in less than a year as a reason for absence.

25 Jun 2025 - 4:47AMvideocam

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 17, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

China-Middle East relations

White House clarifies Trump’s comment on China buying Iranian oil

Trump ‘was simply calling attention to the fact that … the Strait of Hormuz will not be impacted’, official says.

25 Jun 2025 - 6:17AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump takes questions from the press on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

China-India relations

‘Partners, not rivals’: China, India agree to boost ties as top officials meet

New Delhi’s national security adviser Ajit Doval is in Beijing as Indian pilgrimages resume to sacred sites in Tibet.

24 Jun 2025 - 4:47PMvideocam

China-EU relations

EU foreign policy chief calls for ‘dose of realism’ in China relations

Statement precedes planned meeting with Wang Yi in Beijing and Anhui.

24 Jun 2025 - 3:13AM

US-China relations

Why has China set up a new Hong Kong-based international mediation body?

The International Organisation for Mediation may be a sign of Beijing’s hopes to reshape the global order with help from the Global South.

21 Jun 2025 - 6:17AMvideocam

Israel-Iran conflict

China to evacuate citizens from Israel via Egypt border as conflict escalates

Beijing offers to bus nationals including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents, across Egyptian border starting Friday.

19 Jun 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Israeli emergency teams work at the site of an Iranian missile strike in a residential area in Holon, central Israel, on Thursday. China’s embassy said evacuations of Chinese to Egypt will start on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel-Iran conflict

Israel ‘ready to keep talking to China’ despite criticism of Iran air strikes

Eli Belotserkovsky did not rule out the prospect of Beijing helping to mediate between the two bitter enemies.

19 Jun 2025 - 2:00PMvideocam

US-China relations

China urges US to ‘look at the whole picture’ on tariffs to see true trade ties

Meanwhile, Washington’s ambassador to Beijing says Donald Trump’s vision is for relationship based on fairness and respect.

19 Jun 2025 - 9:15PMvideocam

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