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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · William Zheng

    Why did Xi and China’s first lady bring their own flasks to White House banquet? (opens the original)

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    While it may have been unexpected for some, vacuum flasks usually filled with hot water are an everyday sight in China Extending this everyday practice to the White House banquet was in tune with the host nation’s own eccentricity. US President Donald Trump’s fondness for Diet Coke – summoned via a dedicated red button on his Oval Office desk – is legendary. The sight was unexpected in a formal state setting, yet deeply familiar to those with experience of Chinese culture. In China, many people

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · William Zheng

    Xi’s security chief among cohort of rising officials at White House banquet (opens the original)

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    Zhou Hongxu is one of a group of officials in their 50s and early 60s at the front line of China’s top diplomatic events The banquet’s guest list described the 55-year-old People’s Liberation Army (PLA) major general as both director of the Central Guard Bureau and deputy director of the Communist Party’s General Office – the ruling party’s powerful administrative nerve centre. His dual role as deputy director of the General Office aligns with precedent established during the tenure of previous

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · William Zheng

    China makes fentanyl goodwill move ahead of Xi’s ‘historic milestone’ US visit (opens the original)

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    China’s top envoy to US hails safeguards from head-of-state diplomacy, as Beijing rolls out severe penalties for non-pharma fentanyl crimes Under the strategic guidance of both leaders, the “giant ship” of China-US relations would continue to “break waves and sail ahead” along a trajectory of “mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation”, Xie told state news agency Xinhua. The interview was published on Wednesday, hours before Xi’s scheduled departure for the US. The two leader

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · William Zheng

    As US slashes funding, UN peacekeeping head says global body can rely on China (opens the original)

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    Jean-Pierre Lacroix tells Beijing’s Xiangshan Forum that UN is struggling with fewer resources and a shrinking field presence The United Nations can count on China’s support, the UN’s peacekeeping chief said in Beijing as he flagged the body’s financial strains – due in large part to Washington’s funding squeeze. Lacroix warned that the global body’s financial situation “is concerning member states” and it cannot be expected to deliver the same results with “steadily fewer resources, reduced mob

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · William Zheng

    China’s ruling party quietly signals social stability push with high-level body (opens the original)

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    Central Committee social governance group, while not formally announced, has been operational for a while, provincial reports indicate Beijing has never officially announced the formation of the body, nor disclosed who leads it. However, a trail of local government reports in recent months has offered quiet evidence of the group’s active operations. The latest hint came on Monday, in an online post from the social works department of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The city authority

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