No progress between Japan and China; Central Conference on Work Related to Law-Based Governance; PRC buys US soybeans; Syria to repatriate Uyghur jihadist fighters?
Holding high the banner of truth and steering the helm of the times, the majestic power of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law is driving the practice of rule of law forward in great strides in the new era. It has laid a solid foundation for writing new chapters in the “two miracles” of sustained rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and is constantly creating new brilliance in building a law-based China along the journey toward Chinese modernization. - Xinhua
Summary of today’s top items:
1. No progress in Japan-China crisis - Kanai Masaaki, Director-General of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau met with Liu Jinsong, Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Tuesday. There appears to have been no breakthrough, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson “seriously urged” Japan to “retract Sanae Takaichi’s wrongful remarks, stop making provocations on issues concerning …