XINHUA In a joint battle against the Covid-19 virus, China and Mexico are set to strengthen bilateral ties, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday, April 15, in a telephone conversation with Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. Wang said that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reached an important
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XINHUA There’s no denying that 2019 was a turbulent one for Latin America, with protests, violent clashes and a fierce tug of war between conservative and progressive currents in countries long considered bastions of stability. But as the region staggers into 2020 with stagnant or even shrinking growth, many liberal observers are hoping that the first year of this new
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE and DAVID M. LUNA (The following article first appeared in “The National Interest” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) As the United States debates “emergencies” at its southern border and negotiates a trade deal with China, U.S. leaders must confront the lethal trade in fentanyl from other North American countries
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Qui Xiaoqi celebrated the 69th anniversary of socialist revolution that led to the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PCR) with a lavish diplomatic reception and buffet lunch at his Pedregal residence on Wednesday, Sept. 26. The celebration also marked the 40th anniversary of China’s commercial opening to the outside world and
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There was nothing subtle about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s unabashed power grab over the weekend. Even before entering his second five-year term in office – which begins in March and which was supposed to be his last, according to term limits imposed in 1982 to avoid potential presidencies-for-life – the country’s ruling Communist Party‘s Central Committee proposed new regulations
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