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CHINA and Syria pledged to strengthen co-operation as they celebrated 65 years of diplomatic relations in Damascus on Sunday evening.
Chinese ambassador to Syria Feng Biao said they would achieve “strategic harmonisation” between Beijing’s ambitious Belt & Road Initiative and Syria’s Heading Towards the East strategy.
The latter, promoted by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, sees a realignment away from the West and developing relations with both China and Russia, seen as key allies in the reconstruction of the country after more than a decade of war.
YUBIN DU explains why Britain and China should be natural partners in a restless world
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