After China formally acknowledged Joe Biden's win, the world's attention has turned to the interactions between China and the Biden administration, and where the interactions will lead China-US ties to. Are China and the US falling into the "Thucydides's Trap" during Biden's term, with the worst scenario of outbreak of war, or will the two countries reset their relations?
Southeast Asian countries envision greater involvement in China's development and look forward to working with the Communist Party of China (CPC) to promote regional multilateralism, said representatives to a dialogue between the CPC and political parties of Southeast Asian countries on Thursday.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's ongoing three-day visit to South Korea has yielded substantial fruits, reaching a ten-point consensus on issues ranging from anti-pandemic cooperation and advancing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to cultural exchanges and establishing a committee to chart a blueprint for future bilateral ties, which experts said showed deepening ties between the two countries and hinted at better cooperation despite US pressure.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made fruitful achievements in his tour to South Korea which started Wednesday, reaching a ten-point consensus on issues ranging from anti-pandemic cooperation and advancing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to cultural exchanges and a blueprint for future bilateral ties.
China won't comment on changes made to leadership of US defense authorities, which is a US internal affair, and China hopes for the sound and stable development of relations between the militaries of China and the US: Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his win in the US presidential election in what analysts call a well-timed, goodwill message, after adopting a cautious approach toward the highly disputed election results, marking the likely return of a new major relationship between the two powers, following a tense period that saw bilateral ties in a downward spiral.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi began his visit to South Korea on Wednesday following his trip to Japan with concrete achievements.
Xi congratulates Joe Biden on election as US president
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Japan, one of the rare high-level bilateral exchanges to yield important and substantial results, laid a good foundation for the further stability and improvement of China-Japan relations as well as regional stability and economic integration against the backdrop of the US' intensified anti-China policy bringing great strategic uncertainty to Northeast Asia, Chinese analysts said.
In response to Canadian Foreign Minister's latest claim that China uses "coercive diplomacy" and "detained foreign nationals at will," Chinese Embassy in Canada urged Canadian side to look at itself in the mirror and stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs using double standards.
China and Japan have agreed to establish a maritime and air liaison mechanism to enhance risk management and mutual trust, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday night amid Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Yi's visit to Japan.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, US President Donald Trump's "man of titanium" when it comes to anti-China moves, offered an olive branch to China amid the White House power transition, which pundits regard as opportunistic behavior under domestic economic pressure and adjustment of the nation's China policy.
China and Japan have agreed to cooperate and support each other in hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games and Beijing Winter Olympic Games to make these two major events a success, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi said during their talks on Tuesday.
China and Japan agree to hold a new round of high-level economic dialogue at proper time next year, and will launch a "fast channel" for necessary personnel exchanges: China's FM
The US is entering the Joe Biden era as the formal transition process began after being authorized by the General Service Administration, and after Biden nominating top foreign policy and national security officials.
The new Japanese Ambassador to China, Hideo Tarumi, who is one of the "China School" diplomats at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will enter the country this week via East China's Qingdao and undergo a two-week quarantine in Beijing amid the epidemic, the Global Times has learned.
Xi says China is willing to strengthen COVID-19 vaccine cooperation with Germany in phone call with Merkel on Tuesday
The US is entering the Biden era as the formal transition process begins and a slate of top foreign policy and national security nominees are picked, which Chinese experts said are familiar faces to China who will bring a rational and pragmatic approach for the future of China-US ties, but challenges remain.