Extensive groundwork for Xi-Abe meeting could prove consequential … or not

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Extensive groundwork for Xi-Abe meeting could prove consequential … or not

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com Beijing has all but confirmed that President Xi Jinping and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have their first-ever tete-a-tete in Beijing on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting scheduled for Nov. 10 and 11. When asked about the Xi-Abe meeting, Foreign Minister […]

N. Korean military provocations on border seen as pressure tactics on South to ease sanctions

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N. Korean military provocations on border seen as pressure tactics on South to ease sanctions

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, EastAsiaIntel.com SEOUL — North Korea plans to increase military activities along the heavily fortified border with South Korea, sources and analysts here said. “A string of moves have been detected [indicating] that the North’s military has prepared to step up patrols along the Military Demarcation Line,” a military source […]

Xi’s steamrolling agenda for first time encounters turbulence at major party meeting

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Xi’s steamrolling agenda for first time encounters turbulence at major party meeting

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com The much-awaited Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee closed in Beijing on Oct. 23 with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership vowing to “improve the socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics.” However, what caught the attention of political observers in Beijing is that General Secretary and […]