Vladimir Terehov

On December 12-13, Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Vietnam. This has been his third such visit since he’s been holding China’s highest party and state positions (since around 2012-2013), and the first in six years. That is, the head of the second world power does not visit its southern neighbor too often (to put it politely), even though the two countries sharing a 1,000-km border. And despite the fact that the Vietnamese leadership (mainly members of the Communist party) make regular visits to Beijing. The difference in the frequency of mutual “courtesies” is due…

Thus, the 24^th “China-EU Summit” was held in Beijing on 7 December of this year, although two weeks earlier there was no absolute certainty that it would be held at all. Particularly, there was no sign of any work on a draft of a joint document, which is usually adopted at the end of such events. This reflects the increasing complexity of all aspects of China–European Union relations in recent years. Therefore, we should note at once that the fact of holding this event is practically its only positive result. Coincidentally, the same was said in the NEO regarding the results of the US-China summit held three weeks earlier in San Francisco…

In November 2023, local parliamentary elections were held in five states of India, which some experts, using the language of sports events, called the “semi-finals.” The “finals” will be the next general elections to the lower house of the country’s Central Parliament, which will be held for one or two months next spring. As a result of these elections, a new Central Government will be formed. In fact, one of the main intrigues of the recent elections in five states were the forecasts, based on the predictions regarding the content of the word “new.” Because since 2014 for two consecutive electoral…