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Secretary of state to break ground on new US embassy while Hanoi reluctant to antagonise its powerful neighbour
China has reportedly refused to reschedule a visit from the US secretary of state, as Antony Blinken kicked off a trip to Vietnam, a crucial South-east Asian trade partner that Washington is looking to bolster ties with as it works to balance Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the region and beyond.
In his first visit to the country as the top US diplomat, Blinken will meet with top Vietnamese officials, including Vietnam’s general secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, and formally break ground on Saturday on a new US embassy compound in Hanoi. On Sunday he travels to Japan for a meeting of the Group of Seven wealthy nations.

Brazil has been reluctant about choosing sides in the war, as its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, seeks to rebuild the country’s ties with Beijing.

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Annalena Baerbock has described any potential military conflict in the Taiwan strait as a ‘horror scenario’ that would directly affect Germany. Baerbock’s comments came after meeting her Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, in Beijing, and struck a different tone to those of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who recently faced criticism for saying that Europe must not get involved in US disputes

Despite the French president’s post-visit remarks, there is growing concern about Beijing and keenness to act in unity
Four years ago, Emmanuel Macron remarked that the era of European naivety on China was over. As Andrew Small establishes in his book , the shift was not born primarily of US pressure to pick sides – though that was unquestionably felt – but of Europe’s own dealings with Beijing. Views have hardened further thanks to China’s increasing forcefulness in foreign policy, its handling of Covid and its support for Russia over Ukraine. Last month, the EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, a of relations with China. The French president’s insistence on including her in his trip to Beijing last week sent a welcome message of unity.
But it was his to journalists on the way home that seized attention. Observing – in the context of Taiwan – that Europe should not be a “vassal” to the US or get caught up in crises that “are not our own” undermined support for a democracy and sparked anger across European capitals. The German parliamentarian Norbert Röttgen “a PR coup for Xi [Jinping] and a foreign policy disaster for Europe”.

Intercept of Russian intelligence shows Beijing wanted to disguise lethal aid as civilian items, says report
China approved the provision of lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine but wanted any shipments to remain a secret, according to leaked US government documents.
A top-secret intelligence summary dated 23 February states that Beijing had approved the incremental provision of weapons to Moscow, which it would disguise as civilian items, .

War in region would send shock waves around the world, says Annalena Baerbock on visit to China
Germany’s foreign minister has described a military conflict in the Taiwan strait as a “horror scenario” that would directly affect her own country, striking a different tone to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who recently faced criticism for saying Europe must not get involved in US disputes.
After meeting the Chinese foreign minister, Qin Gang, in Bejing, Annalena Baerbock said a confrontation between China and Taiwan would send “shock waves” around the world.