Xi wishes Trump, Melania speedy recovery

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday wished a speedy recovery to his US counterpart Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.

Learning President Trump and Melania have tested positive for COVID-19, he and his wife, Peng Liyuan, extend sympathy to them and wish them a speedy recovery, Xi said in a message to Trump.

Meanwhile, world leaders have wished Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump a speedy recovery after Trump made the announcement of getting infected with coronavirus.

“Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump tweeted on Friday. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/

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China flaunts its military might, says will cut force by 300,000

China on Thursday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in World War II, in a huge military parade, participating 12,000 troops and a display of its smart weapons, including the YJ ant-ship cruise missiles. The display of military might, aimed at sending a strong message to the rest of the world about the scale, depth and sophistication of its military deterrent, comes ahead of President Xi Jinping's proposed visit to the United States. The proposed troop reduction, however, is not an olive branch, but a sign of the growing technological sophistication of its armed forces. Thursday's spectacle held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, involved more than 12,000 troops, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft of various types, representing what military officials say is the Chinese military's most cutting-edge technology. China showed off the J-11 multirole fighter jets - an adaptation of Russia's highly capable Su-27 fighters - the J-15 newly developed aircraft-carrier borne planes and the KJ-500 early warning command post in the sky. Most of the weaponry demonstrating China's full-spectrum fighting skills, was indigenous, including the Beidu satellite navigation system, which is set to compete with US-owned Global Positioning System (GPS), following a recent alliance between Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba group and Norinco, a state-run military enterprise. Despite the show of strength, the Chinese President Xi Jinping softened the tone of the power show by announcing that the size of the PLA would be reduced by 300,000. He, however, did not give a time line. This will be the fourth reduction of forces in the 2.3 million-strong armed forces since the start of a modernization process that commenced in the eighties. "We Chinese love peace. No matter how much stronger it may become, China will never seek hegemony or expansion. It will never inflict its past suffering on any other nation," Xi observed. Japan, meanwhile, said it was ''disappointed'' as there were no signs of rapprochement in Xi's speech to mark the 70th anniversary of Tokyo's WWII defeat, while Beijing opted to show off its growing might with a huge military parade. ''Tokyo had requested that Beijing make sure that the event was not so anti-Japanese, but instead contain elements of rapprochement between Japan and China,'' top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. ''It was disappointing that such elements were not in President Xi Jinping's speech today.'' Suga also hit out at China's soaring military spending and reiterated Tokyo's objection to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's attendance at the highly choreographed commemoration events in Beijing. Source: Article

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BRICS, S. American countries 'rising power' in int'l structure

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday BRICS and South American countries, as emerging states and developing countries, constitute "the rising power" in the international structure. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the Brazilian National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, July 16, 2014. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng) "We should jointly push the international order toward a fairer and more rational direction, maintain the rights of people's self-choice for choosing social system and development path, strengthen global governance and attract more attention to the issue of development from the international community," he said. Xi made the remarks in a dialogue between BRICS countries' leaders and presidents from 11 South American nations, a sideline event after the conclusion of the sixth BRICS summit held in Brazil's coastal city of Fortaleza. Heads of state from BRICS countries, including Xi, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Jacob Zuma attended the dialogue. Also present were Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, Guyanese President Donald Ramotar, Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. During the dialogue, Xi said efforts should be made to strengthen the connectivity between the two large markets of BRICS and South America. "BRICS countries can actively participate in infrastructure construction, resource exploration, industrial development and fund-rising projects in South America," he said. The two sides could also increase people-to-people exchanges for friendship among the peoples, he noted. Xi hailed the long history of the exchanges between China and South America. "The cooperation between China and South American countries constitute one of the key directions for China to strengthen its cooperation with developing countries," he said. "We are willing to continue to be your good friend and partner for the overall growth of China-Latin American cooperation," the Chinese leader said. China will host the informal economic leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) later this year, and "is working with all economies, including South American members, to foster the framework for Asia-Pacific economic integration and intra-connected network, and develop the future-oriented Asia-Pacific partnership," he said, adding that China wishes to see the active participation of South American nations. The South American leaders present all expressed that the dialogue offered an opportunity to share development experiences and blueprint future development. They believed that the two sides boast huge cooperation potentials and should push forward pragmatic cooperation for advancing regional economic integration. They welcomed the BRICS countries' establishing a development bank and creating a contingent reserve arrangement, and hoped the mechanism could provide fund-rising support and increase capabilities of relevant countries to cope with financial risks. They believed that BRICS-South American cooperation is not only conducive to each's growth but also to the democratization of international relations and to the peace, stability and prosperity of the world.  Source: China.org.cn

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