By Shi Jiangtao Chen Xiaodong returned to Beijing this week after three years in the African nation he called his ‘second home’. Source: China names former South Africa envoy Chen Xiaodong as new foreign vice-minister
By Su-Lin Tan Yanis Varoufakis says diplomacy is a ‘far better way’ for Canberra to engage with Beijing, and that the Aukus deal would ‘turbocharge a new Cold War’. Source: Australia should ‘end servility to US’ and have independent China policy, ex-Greek minister says
An explosion caused by a suspected gas leak has ripped through a building in northern China, killing at least two people and injuring 26 others Source: At least 2 dead and dozens injured in a suspected gas explosion outside Beijing Category: International