Demand for Chinese classes in Russia shows Russia’s pivot to Asia
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov (left) meets Chinese state councillor Wang Yi. —Twitter/ChineseEmbinRus/File MOSCOW: Every Sunday, Chinese tutor Kirill Burobin begins work in the early morning and is kept busy…
Boom in Chinese classes shows Russia’s pivot to Asia
Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture. — Reuters/File President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Russia to begin Monday. Chinese interested in exporting to Russia, looking…
China COVID pivot sparks jitters worldwide
China late Monday scrapped quarantine for inbound travellers from January 8 onwards, dismantling the last remaining piece of its stringent zero-Covid policy and ending some of the world’s harshest border…