In the end, looking backward may be more productive for Biden and Xi than trying to predict what’s next for their two nations.
lørdag 16. november 2024
Trump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru
President Joe Biden meet s for the final time Saturday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, his aides say the moment will be ripe for reflection on a relationship that began more than a decade ago, over a long meal in Chengdu. It was an episode that left deep impressions on the president, at least judging by how often he recounts it. A search of Biden’s speeches over the past four years finds 61 instances of him describing a moment at the end of the evening when, asked by Xi to define America, he came up with a single word: Possibilities.
In the end, looking backward may be more productive for Biden and Xi than trying to predict what’s next for their two nations.
In the end, looking backward may be more productive for Biden and Xi than trying to predict what’s next for their two nations.
Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China
Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing on Saturday, police say. “Around 6:30 p.m. on November 16, 2024, a stabbing incident that resulted in casualties occurred at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing city, causing 8 deaths and injuring another 17, The suspect was apprehended on the scene,” according to a police statement.
The statement said that the suspect was a recent graduate and was motivated by “failing [an] exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation.” An investigation is ongoing.
The statement said that the suspect was a recent graduate and was motivated by “failing [an] exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation.” An investigation is ongoing.
When horror hits China, the first instinct is shut it down
The gates outside the Zhuhai sports complex in China were closed. Inside, the stadium was in darkness, as were the grounds around it. It was here, hours before, where dozens of people were killed when a man drove an SUV into a crowd. Many more were injured.
Only security guards appeared to be moving around behind the fence when the BBC arrived, and they had been ordered to keep an eye out for reporters. One approached us asking: "Are you journalists?" When I asked why he wanted to know, he replied: "Oh just to understand the situation." He and a colleague took photos of us and started making calls, watching us as they did. Outside the gates people passed by to catch sight of the aftermath. But among them was a group of around a dozen people more interested in us.
A women started calling to the others: "Look, foreigners, foreigners." Soon a man who was with her was aggressively interrupting our reporting, grabbing me and shouting.
Only security guards appeared to be moving around behind the fence when the BBC arrived, and they had been ordered to keep an eye out for reporters. One approached us asking: "Are you journalists?" When I asked why he wanted to know, he replied: "Oh just to understand the situation." He and a colleague took photos of us and started making calls, watching us as they did. Outside the gates people passed by to catch sight of the aftermath. But among them was a group of around a dozen people more interested in us.
A women started calling to the others: "Look, foreigners, foreigners." Soon a man who was with her was aggressively interrupting our reporting, grabbing me and shouting.
China megaport opens up Latin America as wary US looks on
As the world waits to see how the return of Donald Trump will reshape relations between Washington and Beijing, China has just taken decisive action to entrench its position in Latin America. Trump won the US presidential election on a platform that promised tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese-made goods. Further south, though, a new China-backed megaport has the potential to create whole new trade routes that will bypass North America entirely.
President Xi Jinping himself attended the inauguration of the Chancay port on the Peruvian coast this week, an indication of just how seriously China takes the development. Xi was in Peru for the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum (Apec). But all eyes were on Chancay and what it says about China's growing assertiveness in a region that the US has traditionally seen as its sphere of influence.
As seasoned observers see it, Washington is now paying the price for years of indifference towards its neighbours and their needs.
President Xi Jinping himself attended the inauguration of the Chancay port on the Peruvian coast this week, an indication of just how seriously China takes the development. Xi was in Peru for the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum (Apec). But all eyes were on Chancay and what it says about China's growing assertiveness in a region that the US has traditionally seen as its sphere of influence.
As seasoned observers see it, Washington is now paying the price for years of indifference towards its neighbours and their needs.
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