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Fan Chen
Reporter, China
Fan Chen joined the Post in 2024. She has reported in Cambodia, Nepal, and the Czech Republic. Her work appears in Reuters, Newsweek, and Southern People Weekly. She holds two journalism degrees from Columbia Journalism School and New York University.
Fan Chen joined the Post in 2024. She has reported in Cambodia, Nepal, and the Czech Republic. Her work appears in Reuters, Newsweek, and Southern People Weekly. She holds two journalism degrees from Columbia Journalism School and New York University.
Areas of Expertise:
China, PhotographyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US.
Summit encourages countries to join Beijing-led initiative as stalled US-Iran peace talks reveal limits of traditional solution mechanisms.
Just a handful of online posts from US president contrast with the flurry during his most recent state visits to the UK and Japan.
Beijing highlights the need for stable ties and peace, while Washington focuses on fentanyl and agricultural products.
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The American president’s wife may be absent but his son appears in the entourage in a ‘personal capacity’.
Beijing-Moscow relationship described as having ‘inherent stability’, with a ‘stable mechanism’ able to withstand outside pressures.
Foreign Minister Araghchi will arrive on Wednesday and hold talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Beijing has announced.
US President Donald Trump says only a few people know the status of talks with Tehran as war enters its third month.
Despite the latest diplomatic initiatives, Beijing warns the US is threatening ‘hard-won stability’ with new smartphone restrictions.
Research must penetrate into the conflicts reshaping the United States and be driven by China’s national interests, academic writes.
Chinese leader also calls for expanding country’s talent pool and fostering an innovation culture ‘open, inclusive and tolerant of failure’.
The Iran war reflects Washington’s greater emphasis on implementing its maritime security strategy, analyst says.
Caught between Washington and Tehran, Riyadh may shift towards self-reliance and diversifying partnerships, observers note.
Tehran is looking for room to manoeuvre on bigger issues as a ceasefire deadline looms next week, observers say.
The US-Israeli attacks are a ‘massive learning opportunity’, a Middle East analyst tells a seminar held in Shenzhen.
The US leader said ‘much will be accomplished’, but one analyst says the war in Iran means he has ‘lost almost all his bargaining chips’.
Pledge is a bid to ‘embed Japan at the centre of Southeast Asia’s energy security architecture’, observer notes, but questions its impact.
Several clocks are ticking for the American president as he looks for a way out of the deadlock, observers suggest.
Speculation has been circulating that Washington’s aim is to force Beijing to put pressure on Tehran to strike a peace deal.
Washington’s mining ambitions may be complicated by the erosion of industrial know-how and a weak education pipeline, experts say.
US president’s move forces China into political dilemma and could create a flashpoint ahead of his meeting with Chinese leader, analysts say.
US sends destroyers for mine-clearing operations in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and US hold high-stakes talks in Pakistan.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will lead first direct talks since Operation Epic Fury began.
Much of what happens next may depend on ‘wild card’ Israel, observers say.
As the two sides prepare to meet in person in Pakistan, analysts identify American leader’s miscalculations leading to weaker footing.
Comments from Iranian envoy to Beijing come hours after Trump’s two-week suspension of bombing campaign.
Europe is likely to stay neutral in the Iran war and could even benefit if America fares poorly in its military campaign, analyst says.
Beijing takes a stand at the United Nations at the closure of shipping lanes.
With no truce in sight, American forces might be preparing for a short, sharp option, analysts say.
