Last October, China’s then-new leaders, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, spent several days visiting five Southeast Asian nations between them in what was regarded as a diplomatic triumph. They also signed a series of agreements broadening economic and trade cooperation that was mostly written off as the usual diplomatic bafflegab by much of the international press and the investment community.
All Roads Lead to Beijing
All Roads Lead to Beijing
All Roads Lead to Beijing
Last October, China’s then-new leaders, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, spent several days visiting five Southeast Asian nations between them in what was regarded as a diplomatic triumph. They also signed a series of agreements broadening economic and trade cooperation that was mostly written off as the usual diplomatic bafflegab by much of the international press and the investment community.
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