Published: 9:15pm, 6 Mar 2025Updated: 9:38pm, 6 Mar 2025
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1. How will China respond to the Trump ‘chaos’? We might get some clues this week
The world has been thrown into deeper uncertainty since the US-Ukraine talks collapsed last week, and as a truce in Gaza expired with no extension in place. China – which portrays itself as a stabilising force – could seize the opportunity to play a bigger role in global governance amid the “chaos” brought by the Donald Trump administration, according to analysts.
2. 9 takeaways from the economic briefing at China’s ‘two sessions’
China’s top economic officials laid out their priorities for 2025 during a joint press conference on Thursday as part of the “two sessions”, the annual meeting of China’s top legislative and consultative bodies.
3. US and Russia alone should not dictate peace in Ukraine: China’s EU ambassador
China’s special envoy for European affairs Lu Shaye said he was “appalled” by the way President Donald Trump has treated American allies in Europe, adding that a peace deal for Ukraine should not be determined only by the US and Russia.