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Wang Huning, China's senior political adviser, met with Sadyr Japarov, the president of Kyrgyzstan, on Friday in Beijing. The two nations should act on the significant consensus reached by the two heads of state, firmly support one another, expand all-around cooperation, deepen security coordination, increase people-to-people exchanges, and enhance coordination and cooperation in regional and international affairs, according to Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Wang said that the CPPCC national committee is prepared to collaborate with Kyrgyzstan to enhance interactions via all channels and at all levels and to help create a community between China and Kyrgyzstan with a shared future of friendly coexistence an...

Southeast Asian countries provide attractive alternatives for businesses looking to move production out of China, but investors must be aware of the hazards.As the conflict between the United States and China continues unabated, more and more companies are rethinking their investments there and considering "decoupling" from the biggest exporter in the world. Companies from the U.S., the European Union, and other regions are searching for new markets to serve as industrial centers and commodities suppliers for a variety of reasons. While the COVID-19 outbreak brought attention to the dangers of depending on one nation for essential imports, Western companies doing business in China had been raising concerns about unfair business practices including IP theft and forced technology transfers ...

China's highest political advisory body, the Standing Committee of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, will hold its second session on June 26 and 27. The choice was made on Wednesday during the fourth Chairperson's Council meeting of the 14th CPPCC National Committee. Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over the gathering. In order to enhance their capacity for providing political advice, Wang encouraged the meeting's participants to put more effort into conducting in-depth inquiries, research, and consultations. The meeting reviewed and approved the revised work rules for the specia...