When three villagers from China’s Sichuan province wrote to local officials in 2022 asking why the government was confiscating their land and evicting them from their homes, they received a terse reply: It was a “state secret.”
The Chinese Embassy in Israel on Saturday issued a notice urging Chinese nationals in Israel to strengthen security precautions, stay away from civilian infrastructure, and relocate to safe areas in a timely manner.
China is stepping up its diplomacy on the Iran war, putting forward a five-point proposal with Pakistan, rallying support from Gulf countries and opposing a United Nations proposal to use any force necessary to open the Strait of Hormuz.
