Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomed Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, saying he hoped to “inject new energy” into China’s ties both with the city state and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Premier Li Keqiang said: “Singapore is an important member of Asean, it’s the country coordinator between China and Asean and will be rotating chair next year”. The relationship between China and Singapore has been under close scrutiny since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, absence from a major summit on China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” a plan to boost infrastructure and trade links from Asia to Africa. Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan visited Beijing in June, at which time the two countries agreed to boost cooperation on government to government schemes in Tianjin, Chongqing and Suzhou, as well as on “Belt and Road” projects.
China, Kyrgyzstan to establish comprehensive strategic partnership
China and Kyrgyzstan today agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership. The agreement was reached during
