Articles for Regional Countries

The Damascus airport is slowly reopening — and showing the cracks in the revolution
1 week ago

The Damascus airport is slowly reopening — and showing the cracks in the revolution

NPR  

The Damascus airport is slowly reopening — and showing the cracks in the revolution The push to reopen Damascus International Airport highlights the challenges facing Syria's new leaders in rebuilding the country. To grasp the challenges, NPR's Diaa Hadid went to one key part of Syria that's struggling to take off. HADID: It's such a novelty because even during years …

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How to Convince a Reluctant Trump to Get Involved in a Liberated Syria
1 month ago

How to Convince a Reluctant Trump to Get Involved in a Liberated Syria

Politico  

The prince’s plea to Trump reflected, among other things, a longing for calm in a region struggling with disarray — most recently on Sunday morning as rebels ousted Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad amid a lightning advance. Many individual regional leaders — with or without a plan — are sure to urge Trump to get involved in stabilizing Syria because the …

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China's Defense Minister attends meeting on security situation in Gulf of Guinea
1 month ago

China's Defense Minister attends meeting on security situation in Gulf of Guinea

China Daily  

Defense Minister Dong Jun met in Shanghai on Thursday the heads of delegations attending the second symposium on the security situation in the Gulf of Guinea. According to a news release from the ministry, Dong said in the meeting that the Gulf of Guinea is a shared homeland for regional countries and serves as an important link for enhancing China-Africa …

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Li calls for solidarity of Mekong nations
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2 months ago

Li calls for solidarity of Mekong nations

China Daily  

By Cao Desheng | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-08 07:11 Premier Li Qiang, leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and Masatsugu Asakawa, president of the Asian Development Bank, pose for a group photo before the eighth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Thursday. WANG ZHUANGFEI/CHINA DAILY Premier Li Qiang called on Thursday for greater unity …

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Joint action needed for green transport in Asia-Pacific
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2 months ago

Joint action needed for green transport in Asia-Pacific

China Daily  

Wetlands are framed by a carriage window on the cross-border tourism train, StarExpress, that connects Kunming, the capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, and Vientiane, the capital of Laos. During the eighth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on Transport held from Nov 5 to 7 in Bangkok, policymakers and leading transport sector experts …

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A time to rethink
2 months ago

A time to rethink

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY In recent years, the relocation of industrial chains from China has attracted widespread attention. The relocation of industrial chains from China to the Southeast Asian nations will not only expand the scale of East Asia's industrial chains, but also profoundly reshape the region's industrial structure. In East Asia's regional industrial chain, Southeast Asian countries have many advantages …

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Premier's visit to boost synergy
3 months ago

Premier's visit to boost synergy

China Daily  

As Chinese Premier Li Qiang heads to Laos for a series of key meetings on East Asian cooperation, experts said the gathering of leaders in the region will help keep the correct direction of regional cooperation toward multilateralism and free trade amid surging anti-globalization and protectionism. "China looks to work with ASEAN and regional countries to build consensus, deepen mutual …

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On the rails
4 months, 2 weeks ago

On the rails

China Daily  

Tourists at Luang Prabang Station on April 8. Provided to CHINA DAILY Driving industry As Laos becomes an effective land link to regional and global supply chains, investors are tapping opportunities, pouring capital into developing and conducting businesses in 12 special and specific economic zones across the country, advancing the Lao government's efforts to drive and sustain growth and diversify …

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Those sowing seeds of discord are not like-minded with regional countries
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Those sowing seeds of discord are not like-minded with regional countries

China Daily  

Containers are loaded onto a cargo vessel in Qinzhou Port, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a transit point on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. Those trying to drive a wedge between China and its Asia-Pacific neighbors feel no qualms about smearing the Belt and Road Initiative and other cooperation mechanisms between China and regional countries as Beijing's geopolitical tools. The …

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Dialogue seen as key to peace in South China Sea
9 months, 1 week ago

Dialogue seen as key to peace in South China Sea

China Daily  

Returning to the negotiation table and exploring means of cooperation is the only feasible and right path to reduce risk and maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea, and it is also the way for regional countries to get along with each other, observers said on Thursday. Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, said …

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Dialogue seen as key to peace in South China Sea
9 months, 1 week ago

Dialogue seen as key to peace in South China Sea

China Daily  

Returning to the negotiation table and exploring means of cooperation is the only feasible and right path to reduce risk and maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea, and it is also the way for regional countries to get along with each other, observers said on Thursday. Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, said …

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Two countries capitalizing on their complementary industrial structures
1 year ago

Two countries capitalizing on their complementary industrial structures

China Daily  

Customers shop at the ASEAN goods section of the 20th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sept 19. Growing trade between the two countries, advantageous tariff rates resulting from free trade agreements, enhanced international capacity cooperation and surging Chinese corporate investment in Vietnam are creating many more opportunities, they said. Amid a global economic slowdown and weakening …

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Penny Wong says Australia to host Indian Ocean Conference in Perth in February 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

Penny Wong says Australia to host Indian Ocean Conference in Perth in February 2024

Firstpost  

The Indian Ocean Conference, inaugurated in 2016 in Singapore with participation from 30 countries, has evolved into a consultative forum for regional countries to discuss matters of mutual interest Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong announced that her country will host the Indian Ocean Conference in Perth in February next year. Wong expressed her pleasure at the confirmation during a …

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BRI cements all-around regional collaboration
1 year, 2 months ago

BRI cements all-around regional collaboration

China Daily  

Land-Sea Trade Corridor helps enhance international connectivity Market watchers and business leaders said substantial development of the Belt and Road Initiative and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor will anchor a solid foundation for mutually beneficial collaboration between China and Singapore for the years to come. Propelled by the fast growth of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, the two …

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ASEAN | Southeast Asia’s source of stability
1 year, 4 months ago

ASEAN | Southeast Asia’s source of stability

The Hindu  

In 1967, as the Cold War was at its height, five countries — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand — decided to embark on a path of regional cooperation with the initial goal of opposing communism. The ASEAN way The grouping gradually began to expand its areas of cooperation: in 1976, member states signed the Treaty of Amity and …

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An activist tied to Niger’s junta says its leaders won’t hold talks until the region recognizes them
1 year, 4 months ago

An activist tied to Niger’s junta says its leaders won’t hold talks until the region recognizes them

Associated Press  

NIAMEY, Niger — The only way to avoid conflict in Niger between mutinous soldiers who ousted the president and regional countries threatening an invasion to reinstate him is to recognize the new regime, a rights defender with ties to the junta told The Associated Press. In his first interview with Western media Friday, Insa Garba Saidou, a local activist who …

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RCEP boosts confidence in trade, regional cooperation
1 year, 6 months ago

RCEP boosts confidence in trade, regional cooperation

China Daily  

HEFEI - On June 2, the day the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership entered into force in the Philippines, Chizhou Customs in East China's Anhui province issued an RCEP Certificate of Origin for a batch of goods exported to the Southeast Asian country. Yang Jun, chairman of Conch Group Co Ltd, a leader in China's cement industry, said on Friday that …

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Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral meeting with Russian, Chinese counterparts today
1 year, 8 months ago

Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral meeting with Russian, Chinese counterparts today

Live Mint  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu on the sidelines of the SCO defence ministerial conclave in Delhi today. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and their counterparts from other member countries of the SCO, except Pakistan's Khawaja Asif, are set to attend the defence ministerial meeting being hosted by India under its presidency …

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Turkey, Israel to restore full diplomatic relations
2 years, 4 months ago

Turkey, Israel to restore full diplomatic relations

Al Jazeera  

Move comes after gradual efforts to restore ties, including a visit by the Israeli president to Turkey in March. Turkey and Israel have agreed to restore full diplomatic relations and will return ambassadors to each other’s countries following a gradual improvement in relations. “It was decided to once again upgrade the level of the relations between the two countries to …

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Reality Check: Falsehoods in US perceptions of China
2 years, 6 months ago

Reality Check: Falsehoods in US perceptions of China

China Daily  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has recently delivered a speech at Asia Society outlining the US administration's approach to China. A group of independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in a statement released on 10 January 2022 that the US has arbitrarily detained people without trial and subjected them to torture or ill-treatment …

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Reality Check: Falsehoods in US perceptions of China
2 years, 6 months ago

Reality Check: Falsehoods in US perceptions of China

China Daily  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has recently delivered a speech at Asia Society outlining the US administration's approach to China. A group of independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in a statement released on 10 January 2022 that the US has arbitrarily detained people without trial and subjected them to torture or ill-treatment …

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Can Museveni and Kagame’s renewed bromance inspire regional peace?
2 years, 8 months ago

Can Museveni and Kagame’s renewed bromance inspire regional peace?

Al Jazeera  

A cordial relationship between the presidents of Uganda and Rwanda remains crucial to the progress of east Africa, especially in finding a lasting solution to the multiple conflicts in DR Congo. Kampala, Uganda – Last weekend, Rwandan President Paul Kagame visited Uganda for the first time in nearly four years, a clear sign of thawing relations between the two countries. …

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US looking for regional help to curb migration at Mexico border
2 years, 9 months ago

US looking for regional help to curb migration at Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

On visits to Mexico and Costa Rica, Alejandro Mayorkas is pursuing Biden policy for Latin American help to manage migration. US authorities encountered Venezuelans along the US-Mexico border 3,072 times in February, down sharply from 22,779 times a month earlier, according to figures released Tuesday that demonstrate the impact of Mexico’s new requirement for Venezuelans, which took effect January 21. …

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PM Modi to Host 'First of Its Kind' India-Central Asia Summit on January 27
2 years, 11 months ago

PM Modi to Host 'First of Its Kind' India-Central Asia Summit on January 27

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on January 27, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday. The first India-Central Asia Summit is a reflection of India's growing engagement with the Central Asian countries, which are a part of India's "extended neighbourhood, the MEA said. During the first India-Central Asia Summit, …

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