KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set talk Wednesday with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, with their countries due to ink...
KUALA LUMPUR , Malaysia — Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set talk Wednesday with Malaysia n Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim , with their countries due to ink cooperation pacts on digital economy and green development as they celebrate a half-century of diplomatic relations.welcome. Upon his arrival, Li said the two nations' 50-year anniversary was a new starting point to deepen links and increase exchanges.
Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan all dispute Beijing’s claims to almost the entire South China Sea. But unlikebetween the Philippines and China, Malaysia’s government prefers the diplomatic channel and rarely criticizes Beijing even though Chinese coast guard ships have sailed near Malaysia’s waters. This is partly to protect economic ties, as China is Malaysia’s top trading partner.
Anwar, who visited China twice last year, has sought to move closer to Beijing even while engaging the U.S. as a key ally. While speaking at a forum in Tokyo in May, Anwar stressed that Beijing is too close, too important and too strategic to ignore. The project was suspended in 2018 after Malaysia’s long-ruling coalition was toppled in a historic general election over a massive corruption scandal. It was subsequently revived after the Chinese contractor agreed to cut the construction cost by one-third, and is now due to be completed by end-2026.
Donald Trump once again shot himself in the foot while trying to mock President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities, this time making up a term for the selectively edited videos that conservatives have peddled to portray Biden as feeble.During a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday, the former president brought up viral clips of Biden that have flooded right-wing media and Trump’s social media feed in recent weeks.
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