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Published: 11:00pm, 5 Feb, 2024
Israel-Gaza war: China should boost Middle East ties to push peace process, tackle ‘great power’ rivalry, ex-envoy says
- Wu Sike, special envoy for the Middle East from 2009 to 2014, says China can bank on ‘long-standing’ friendly ties as strategic support in the region
- China must ‘elaborately strategise’ in advancing peace process as Israel-Hamas conflict poses threat to regional security, Wu tells forum in Beijing
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Liora Argamani is battling terminal illness as she pleads with international leaders and China’s online community for support.
Readers discuss the Chinese approach to peacemaking, what a South China Sea paradigm shift could look like, and petty nuisances in Hong Kong housing estates.
China may not take part in US-led multinational patrol unless its own ships are threatened, as it would not like to send mixed signals on the Gaza war, observers say.
Benjamin Netanyahu asks Xi Jinping to intervene personally to secure the release of woman captured during Hamas’ October 7 attack.
China’s diplomatic efforts to stop the war appear to largely revolve around influencing Middle Eastern nations other than Israel.
Voting on the Beijing-backed resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war was postponed until Wednesday.
China and the UAE want to expand cooperation through investments in the Pacific islands and Africa, said Hong Kong-based consul general Shaikh Saoud Ali al-Mualla, while also increasing use of the yuan.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks with senior Saudi and Iranian officials in first meeting of committee to support normalisation of relations between Riyadh and Tehran under Beijing-brokered deal.
Beijing has long advocated position that independent Palestine should coexist with Israel – an idea that has seen renewed enthusiasm in the West. But observers are divided on whether China has the leverage to play a central role in the peace process.
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih spoke at the China-Saudi Investment Conference in Beijing on Tuesday, along with China’s commerce vice-minister Li Fei.
Chinese foreign minister reiterates hopes for ceasefire and two-state solution in second call with Iranian counterpart since conflict began as skirmishes between Israeli forces and Tehran-backed Hezbollah continue along Lebanon border.
In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute’s first Asia conference that took place in Hong Kong.
Readers discuss updating Hong Kong’s currently outmoded guidelines on AI use, lack of awareness of Hong Kong in the Middle East, and housing affordability.
Louis-Vincent Gave, founding partner and CEO at research firm Gavekal, says China is deemed uninvestible for some Western investors despite Beijing’s efforts to attract increased overseas capital.
A unit of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has injected fresh capital into eWTP Arabia Capital, a Riyadh-based venture firm focused on easing Chinese business expansion into the Middle East.
Beijing says it supports Tehran in its efforts to maintain regional stability, while Iran pledges to strengthen cooperation to address Israeli-Palestinian crisis as senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao visits Iranian politicians.
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Published: 11:00pm, 5 Feb, 2024
‘All is not well’ in China’s economy, Rhodium Group report warns, slamming Beijing’s lack of structural reform
- After GDP growth surpassed expectations in 2023, US-based research firm says slower annual growth in range of 3-4 per cent ‘is here to stay’ for China
- Report says China made ‘meaningful’ progress in attracting foreign investment but failed to address structural problems that brought about mounting local-government debt
‘All is not well’: China’s economic outlook slammed in Rhodium Group report
After China’s GDP growth surpassed expectations in 2023, the US-based research firm says Beijing needs to acknowledge that slower annual growth in the range of 3-4 per cent ‘is here to stay’.
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