Over the past few months, tensions between China and Japan have risen, culminating in the recent intrusion into the Chinese embassy in Japan by an active-duty officer of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF). This is not what China hopes to see. In fact, up till Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made her provocative Taiwan remark in November, […]
China’s leading role in carrying forward the Bandung Spirit
70 years ago, a historic Asia-Africa summit was convened in Indonesia’s Bandung. The principles adopted at the conference – such as respect for all nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, recognition of the equality of all nations large and small, promotion of mutual interests and cooperation, etc – became known as the Bandung Spirit. Back then, […]
Gaza Ceasefire is the only solution to Middle East
More than 100 days after the Israel-Hamas war began, there is no longer a question of whether the conflict will widen. It already has. Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria have been affected, and the Houthis’ military operations in the Red Sea have illustrated an expanded conflict’s potential to cause disruptions to world trade. To stop […]
China’s vision for the Global South
When the BRICS recently decided to invite six countries to join as new members, Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed the expansion as a historic move that highlights the resolve of the BRICS to pursue unity and cooperation in the developing world. Beyond the BRICS, Xi’s comment is precisely a reflection of what China envisions for […]