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China, Japan to focus on 'common interests', reaffirm 'strategic relationship' 

In a joint statement in 2008, Japan and China agreed to pursue a "mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests" designed to ensure frequent leadership exchanges on issues such as security and economic cooperation.

At APEC, Biden pledges to work on workers’ rights, stable Chinese relations

Biden was also scheduled to take part in an event for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a 14-nation group his administration established. Hopes for an IPEF trade deal were dashed this week. Members could not agree on improving labour and environmental standards or compliance

Pro-Palestine rally blocks key San Francisco bridge during APEC

200 individuals, according to the organisers, participated in the protest, which also demanded an end to US military assistance to Israel

What is APEC and why was India’s membership bid rejected?

A summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is underway in San Francisco. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is attending the gathering though India is not a member of the group. Its attempt to join the bloc in 1991 was turned down. Here’s why

Will pandas return to the US following Xi Jinping and Joe Biden's talks?

Xi Jinping has signalled that Beijing will send new pandas to the United States, calling them ‘envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples’

Biden-Xi to meet at APEC summit: How the South China Sea and Taiwan tensions remain

The course of events in the year since the last meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping offers cautious hope that they will have better luck this time around. But it also shows how easily any agreement they reach could once again veer off course

What is APEC? What to expect from the summit happening in San Francisco?

The United States is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week for the first time since 2011. Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will gather in San Francisco to talk about how to better spur trade and economic growth across the Pacific region

China creates panda-monium when displeased

So much depends on the Biden-Xi meet in San Francisco next week

APEC 2021: How the last of the big summits charted a new path on pandemic and climate change

Recent events in the Indo-Pacific left New Zealand behind. But the island nation has used APEC 2021 effectively to enhance its stature

Narendra Modi-Mike Pence meeting in Singapore ticked all the right boxes, but will Donald Trump play spoiler?

Narendra Modi would like to know how much money Trump actually puts on the table for infrastructure development in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the Maldives and Sri Lanka where Chinese 'debt-trap' diplomacy has been pushing these countries in Beijing's coercive arms.