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.
Tag: International Relations
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Pressure Mounts on China to Offer Debt Relief to Poor Countries Facing Default
There was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.
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What Are America and China Fighting About, Anyway?
A trip to Beijing and Taiwan showed me how the United States and China are fated to cooperate and doomed to compete.
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After Shunning Assad for Years, the Arab World Is Returning Him to the Fold
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was isolated for years after brutally crushing his country’s Arab Spring uprising. But in most Arab capitals today, the only question is how — not whether — they should deal with him again.
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Jack Teixeira: The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War
The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.