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End of Chinese Military Intimidation Drills Around Taiwan

par This Is Beirut, 25/05 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China puts an end to the military exercises around Taiwan, which began on Thursday morning in reaction to the election of pro-independence president Lai Ching-te. China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practice seizing and isolating the self-ruled island. The exercises ...

China to Host President Sisi and Other Arab Leaders

par This Is Beirut, 27/05 10:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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China will host Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as well as a number of other Arab leaders in Beijing this week, its foreign ministry said on Monday. The leaders will "pay state visits to China and attend the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua ...

Xi Jinping Hosts Egypt's Sisi, Ahead of Arab Forum in Beijing

par This Is Beirut, 29/05 13:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Xi Jinping welcomed Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Beijing on Wednesday, as the Chinese capital hosts a number of Arab dignitaries for a forum it hopes will deepen ties with the region. Several Arab leaders are this week visiting Beijing, which is seeking to present a "common voice" on the conflict between Israel and Hamas ...

Xi Jinping Urges Peace Conference on Israel-Hamas Conflict

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on the war between Israel and Hamas, as he addressed Arab leaders at a forum aimed at bolstering ties with the region. Xi is this week hosting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and several other Arab leaders. Itself ...

Rafah Battles Intensify as Israel Seizes Philadelphia Corridor

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Intense shelling and gunfire rocked Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday, after Israel declared it had seized a strategic corridor along the Palestinian territory's border with Egypt. Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the safety of civilians sheltering in the city. A strike that ...

US-China to Resume Military-to-Military Dialogue in 'Coming Months'

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 11:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications "in the coming months", US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as Beijing hailed the "stabilizing" security relations between the countries. Austin met with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in the first ...

The Lebanese Economy on the Tracks of the Silk Road (1/3)

par Malo Pinatel, Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 01/06 14:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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"China is ready to cooperate with Arab countries to build a higher-level China-Arab community with a shared future." With these words, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted China's wish to increase its economic presence in the Middle East during the 33rd Arab League Summit held in Bahrain on Friday, May 17. Lebanon is not exempt from this ...

Cultural Diplomacy: China's Soft Power in the Land of the Cedars (2/3)

par Marie de La Roche Saint-André, Malo Pinatel, 08/06 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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"The art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." This simplified version of the words of Chinese thinker Sun Tzu in his eleventh-century essay, The Art of War, resonates today as Beijing challenges American leadership on the global stage. Central to this strategy is a soft power extending beyond Chinese borders, particularly in the ...

The New Silk Road: Xi Jinping's 'Project of the Century' Also Involves Lebanon

par Marie de La Roche Saint-André, Malo Pinatel, 15/06 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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  Initiated in 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Silk Road project aims to secure China's supplies and, more broadly, to restructure global governance. In this context, Lebanon would once again become a key stop in the Levant, but this time oriented towards the East. A "shared future for mankind." These words, first spoken by Chinese ...

Philippines Says Chinese Coast Guard Boarded Navy Vessels

par This Is Beirut, 19/06 16:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Philippine military said on Wednesday that the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in the South China Sea this week, in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb. Monday's incident was the latest in a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships in recent months as ...

Taiwan Detects 41 Chinese Aircraft Around Island

par This Is Beirut, 22/06 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Taiwan's defense ministry said Saturday it had detected 41 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a day after Beijing said "diehard" advocates of Taiwan's independence could face the death penalty. China claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to ...

Women's Basketball (U18): Lebanon Crushes Maldives and Qualifies for the Quarterfinals

par This Is Beirut, 26/06 17:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Lebanon U18 women's basketball team crushed their counterparts from the Maldives (102-21) on Wednesday during the third and final day of the first round of the U18 Asian Championship, which is being held in Shenzhen (China) until June 30. The quarter scores were as follows: (17-5), (41-11), (76-13), and (102-21). Lebanon dominated their ...

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