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In retaliation to the United States, China’s Foreign Minister pays a visit to Singapore. During a Southeast Asian tour regarded as a rebuke to Washington’s efforts to restore its influence in the area, China’s foreign minister met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday. Both US Vice President Kamala Harris and Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin have visited the city-state in recent weeks and harshly criticized Beijing’s increasing aggression in Asia. The excursions were part of the new US administration’s efforts to rebuild a bulwark against China’s emerging power in the region following the chaotic Donald Trump era. In...
