CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, August 13, 2019 | 3 TOP NEWS New envoy to Russia to boost nations’ unity Former vice­foreign minister, regional expert will help foster peace, stability By ZHANG YUNBI in Beijing between the two countries is advanc­ and REN QI in Moscow ing alongside their reinforced trust in military affairs, Sun added. Beijing’s new ambassador to Mos­ On July 23, the air forces of the cow, Zhang Hanhui, has assumed his two countries conducted their first office, reinforcing efforts of the two joint airspace strategic patrol in the global powers to beef up their role in Northeast Asian region. navigating hot spot issues and cham­ Russian Foreign pioning stability, analysts said. Minister Sergey The new role for Zhang, a veteran Lavrov said in talks diplomat, former vice­foreign min­ with State Council­ ister and expert on Russia and Cen­ or and Foreign tral Asia, also shows the priority Minister Wang Yi China places on robust coordination last month that the with its neighbor as well as its com­ two countries’ stra­ mitment to policy continuity, they Zhang tegic coordination India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands on Mon­ said. Hanhui is strong and can day in Beijing at the ending ceremony of the India­China High Level Media Forum. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY Zhang presented his credentials withstand blows to the Russian Foreign Ministry on from any external sources. Monday. Li Hui served as top envoy Ji Zhiye, former president of the to Russia for 10 years and recently China Institutes of Contemporary left the job. International Relations, said both Dialogue: Sino­Indian cooperation to expand Like his predecessor, Zhang countries seek an environment to served as an assistant foreign minis­ enable their own development From page 1 the Kashmir issue will not result in a Jaishankar added that his coun­ Modi, to be held in India later this ter and vice­foreign minister before through reinforcing their strategic new claim of sovereignty, will not try stands ready to properly resolve year, Jaishankar said. The first leading the embassy in Moscow. coordination. the border between the two coun­ change the cease­fire line between the China­India border question such meeting between the two Such appointments showcase the Both nations are faced with fac­ tries, Wang proposed that India India and Pakistan and will not through consultation and will hon­ leaders took place in April 2018 in “great importance” China attaches to tors that challenge globalization should do more to help enhance change the line of actual control or the consensus that the two Wuhan, Hubei province. countries such as the United States, and multilateralism, and they both mutual trust and safeguard peace along the China­India border. nations have reached on promot­ During their talks, Wang and Russia and Japan, Singapore­based must confront rampant terrorism and stability in the bordering are­ Jaishankar assured Wang that ing tranquillity in the area. Jaishankar agreed China and India newspaper Lianhe Zaobao said. and extremism, Ji said. as so as to avoid unnecessary dis­ New Delhi wants to improve ties New Delhi is looking forward to would expand pragmatic coopera­ Zhang, 55, started his diplomatic Oleg Timofeev, an associate pro­ turbance of Sino­Indian relations. with Islamabad, and is willing to the second informal meeting tion in such areas as trade, invest­ career in 1988. His posts included fessor of China studies at Peoples’ Jaishankar said India’s amend­ maintain restraint and safeguard between President Xi Jinping and ment and tourism and strengthen Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Kazakh­ Friendship University of Russia, ment to its constitution in terms of regional peace and stability. Indian Prime Minister Narendra exchanges on defense issues. stan. He formerly headed the For­ said Zhang has as much experience eign Ministry’s Department of as his predecessor in handling European­Central Asian Affairs. regional affairs and his new role will Speaking to the media on his give a major boost to bilateral ties. arrival in Moscow on Saturday, The nations’ two­way trade in the China­US ping­pong diplomacy 2.0 served up Zhang said China­Russia relations first seven months of the year regis­ are crucial to both countries and tered year­on­year growth of 4.7 per­ By LIU YINMENG in Los Angeles He added that the idea for the visit, the Chinese National Table “are significant in maintaining glob­ cent, standing at $61.1 billion, [email protected] joint training camp came about Tennis Team, led by Zhuang Ze­ al peace and stability as well”. Bei­ according to Chinese customs officials. after Houston, Texas, and Cheng­ dong, embarked on an eight­city jing and Moscow have been working The two countries are promoting A delegation of star table tennis Table tennis has du, Sichuan province, learned they tour in the US in April 1972. together to boost global governance links between the Belt and Road Ini­ players and coaches from China played a pivotal role will host the 2021 and 2022 world What became known as ping­ and mediate thorny regional issues. tiative and the Eurasian Economic has begun a two­week training table tennis championships, pong diplomacy paved the way for In June, President Xi Jinping and Union, demonstrating efforts by session in the United States with in the establishment respectively. The locations were president Richard Nixon’s historic his Russian counterpart, Vladimir China and Russia to work together top players from Team USA, an of Sino­US announced at the International visit to Beijing in February 1972. Putin, attended the China­Russia­ to face global challenges, said Sergei event that organizers said will fur­ Table Tennis Federation’s annual It also led to the 1979 signing of India leaders meeting and a China­ Lousianin, director of the Institute ther enhance communication and diplomatic relations.” general meeting in Budapest, the Joint Communique on the Russia­Mongolia meeting on the of Oriental Studies of the Russian friendship between athletes of the Liu Guoliang, a table tennis Hungary, in April. Establishment of Diplomatic Rela­ sidelines of regional or internation­ Academy of Sciences. two countries. legend and chairman of the The US and China hosting the tions, by Chinese leader Deng al gatherings. Under the threats of unilateral­ “#Pingpong diplomacy has Chinese Table Tennis world table tennis championships Xiaoping and US president Jimmy Sun Zhuangzhi, head of the Insti­ ism, protectionism and hegemon­ played a pivotal role in #ChinaUS Association in successive years is significant Carter, which formally established tute of Russian, Eastern European ism, they continue to jointly build a relations. I wish our national #tab­ because 2021 marks the 50th anni­ relations between the two coun­ and Central Asian Studies at the community with a shared future for letennis team a good visit to the are practicing in a joint training versary of ping­pong diplomacy. tries. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, mankind and to inject positive ener­ US to further the spirit of friend­ camp at the University of California, In 1971, a chance encounter “This is the first time the Chi­ said China­Russia ties are being gy into the peace and stability of the ship and cooperation,” Cui Tian­ Los Angeles, which started on Sun­ between a US player and a Chinese nese team will bring its entire empowered and consolidated by world, he said. kai, Chinese ambassador to the day and will end on Aug 25, said player, Glenn Cowan and Zhuang squad, and it will present a great their close and effective coordina­ US, said on Twitter. Bruce Liu, a member of the board of Zedong, during the 31st World opportunity for the US players to tion in the global arena. Contact the writers at The 58­member delegation, led directors of USA Table Tennis. Table Tennis Championship in learn, to build friendships with the The political mutual trust [email protected] by Liu Guoliang — a table tennis Team members from the US were Nagoya, Japan, led to an unexpect­ Chinese players and also to build a legend and chairman of the Chi­ likely include players such as Lily ed thaw in the long­stalled Sino­ great partnership between our nese Table Tennis Association — Zhang, Wu Yue, Amy Wang, Nikhil US relationship. two associations,” said USA Table Teen panda’s birthday includes many distinguished play­ Kumar, Kanak Jha and Nicholas Tio. As they prepared to leave Tennis CEO Virginia Sung. ers such as Olympic gold medalists “Table tennis has played a pivot­ Nagoya, the US Table Tennis Team “We hope to make this joint Ma Long and Ding Ning, as well as al role in the establishment of Sino­ received an all­expenses­paid invi­ training camp an annual event former Olympic and world cham­ US diplomatic relations. We hope tation to visit China, where they leading up to the Houston and pions Ma Lin, Chen Qi, Wang Hao to enhance the friendship between would play a series of friendly Chengdu world championships and Guo Yan. the two countries through the joint matches. and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic The Chinese team and US players practice,” Liu said. In response to the US athletes’ Games,” she added. HK: Unlawful sit­in will cause great losses, official says From page 1 Police said they classified the 15 sus­ building for a fourth day, the big­ ing Frank Chan Fan said in a news pects because they had allegedly gest disruption yet to the major avi­ conference that the unlawful assem­ A total of 149 people were used “lethal weapons”. ation hub since demonstrations bly will lead to enormous losses, arrested for taking part in the ille­ Deputy Police Commissioner Chris began in early June.