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Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre right) and his wife Peng Liyuan and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (centre left) and his wife Cilia Flores pose for a photo in Beijing
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VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro, on an official visit to Beijing yesterday, said that developing relations with China was “a golden opportunity” for his country’s economic revolution.
Mr Maduro hailed his ongoing trip as a success, saying he will learn from China to help improve the Venezuelan economy, which has been hit by international sanctions from both the US and EU.
The Bolivarian leader signed a series of strategic trade agreements with the Chinese government in areas such as technology, education, energy, trade, culture and health yesterday.
YUBIN DU explains why Britain and China should be natural partners in a restless world
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE