Can there be a port at the farthest distance from the sea? I went to the Horgos Free Trade Economic Zone, known as the world’s largest ‘dry port’, which is crossed by both road and rail and will soon have air service. I have seen it, I am writing about it! At the pole of inaccessibility in Eurasia The Horgos ...
The reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, mediated by China, reflects a change not only in the Middle East but also across the globe. And it is a vivid example to manifest China’s Global Security Initiative. The disputes between the two influential states of the Islamic world because of “sectarianism” were the most important policy used by the Atlantic forces ...
On March 26, 2023, Honduras stopped its diplomatic relations with Taiwan and established these formally with the Republic of China. On this decision, I spoke with the Vice Foreign Minister of the Republic of Honduras, Gerardo Torres Zelaya. What is the broader context of your government’s decision to establish diplomatic relations with the P.R. of China? Honduras, traditionally and especially ...
I have been in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, for a week. It snowed two days long, but now spring is in full bloom. It is invigorating with a blue sky that is rarely seen in Shanghai and fresh clean air. During the holy month of Ramadan, we are in a society that fulfills the obligations ...
On March 7, during a press conference held within the framework of the first session of the XIV National People’s Congress in Beijing, the recently appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang stated: “If the United States does not step on the brakes and instead, keeps accelerating down the wrong path, there will be no barrier that can prevent derailment, and ...
By Orçun Göktürk * China’s annual “Two Sessions”, which began on Saturday 4 March, was successfully completed last weekend. The newly elected deputies of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPC) held the first meeting of the five-year (2023-2027) term. The National People’s Congress unanimously approved Xi Jinping’s third term as President. At ...
Western Eurasia is witnessing intensive diplomacy traffic. US Chairman of Chief of Staff, Mike Milley visited the – illegally deployed – US troops on Syrian soil, and the US Secretary of Defense toured West Asia. China has mediated the mutual reopening of the Iranian and Saudi Arabian embassies, while Israel faces domestic turmoil. Again Beijing has taken on the scene ...
By Dr. Yang Chen * Since Donald Trump came to power, the United States has shifted its strategy from war on terror to the great power competition with China and Russia. For the USA, China will be the most important strategic opponent that it needs to confront in a long-term and systematic manner, and positions China as the only country ...
By Dr. Yang Chen * From December 7 to 10, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the first China-Arab States Summit, the first China-GCC Summit, and also paid a state visit to Saudi Arabia. This is the first trip of Chinese heads of state to the Middle East after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. President ...
The month of February 2023 might in future get a special chapter in the history of China and global politics. The Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China presented a number of official texts and declarations. They seem to follow a planned schedule. When considered together, these texts, accompanied by diplomatic action, present China’s advancing challenge of US hegemony ...