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President Xi Jinping on Monday assured China's leading entrepreneurs of persistent government support as the world's second-largest economy faces greater external headwinds.
China could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine to help preserve any negotiated ceasefire in its war with Russia – as long as they worked with non-Nato countries like India, a former Chinese colonel has suggested.
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Ex-US Department of State official discusses the role of civil diplomats and whether US should have an end-state goal in its China strategy.
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