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Tag: Holy See

Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Russia, World

Hong Kong takes China out of the Soviet shadow

by Francesco Sisci November 4, 2019February 18, 2020

August 22, 1991, is a date that belongs to the history of Russia, when it permitted both the failure of the conservative coup against Soviet Party Chief Mikhail Gorbachev and the dissolution of the USSR. It is a crucial date for the history of China, too. It impressed upon the Communist Party of China a […]

Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Italy, Vietnam, World

China and ‘inter-civilization exchanges’

by Xuan Loc Doan April 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Xi shuns Pope’s invitation while visiting Italy

by Emanuele Scimia March 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said  that relations with the 17 states that still have formal ties with Taipei were relatively stable, although less confidence is expressed elsewhere. Photo: AFP
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan, World

Taiwan needs a new diplomatic strategy to counter China

by Emanuele Scimia October 7, 2018February 18, 2020
A Republic of China (Taiwan) flag outside the Taiwanese Embassy to the Holy See. The embassy is in Rome, which has no diplomatic ties with Taipei. Photo: Astrotrain/WikiMedia
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Taiwan, World

Taiwan’s vice-president off to the Vatican to firm up ties

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attends the New Year's Eve news conference in Taipei, Taiwan December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher
Posted inBeijing, China, Middle East, Oceania, Taiwan, World

China-Taiwan diplomatic battle shifts to Latin America

by Emanuele Scimia January 1, 2017January 1, 2017
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Adorno
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Cross-strait tit-for-tat

by Emanuele Scimia December 7, 2016December 6, 2016
Pope Francis has 'mastered the art of containing people without making structural changes.' Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Can the Vatican and political reforms save China?

by Francesco Sisci December 6, 2016December 6, 2016
Pope Francis meets Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (L), during a private audience in Vatican, November 23, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Maurizio Brambatti/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Are the Vatican and Vietnam close to normalizing ties?

by Xuan Loc Doan December 2, 2016
Putin attends a meeting with members of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights in Moscow. Photo: Reuters / Yuri Kochetkov.
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia can only survive as a global Eurasian bridge

by Francesco Sisci October 28, 2016October 27, 2016

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